Explores the relationship between erotic writing, masculinity, and national identity in Renaissance England. This book draws on both manuscripts and printed texts, and incorporates insights from feminist theory and queer studies. It argues that...
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Explores the relationship between erotic writing, masculinity, and national identity in Renaissance England. This book draws on both manuscripts and printed texts, and incorporates insights from feminist theory and queer studies. It argues that pornography is a historical phenomenon and that it does not exist in all cultures
Contents; A Note on Manuscript Transcriptions; Introduction: The Prehistory of Pornography; 1. Erotic Writing in Manuscript Culture; 2. Erotic Writing, Effeminacy, and National Identity; Prologue Englishmen Italianated; 3. "Courtesan Politic": The Erotic Writing and Cultural Significance of Pietro Aretino; 4. "The English Aretine": Thomas Nashe; 5. Ben Jonson and the Erotics of a Literary Career; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z;
