Forbidden Texts: Erotic Literature and Its Readers in Eighteenth-Century France

by Jean-Marie Goulemot

Goulemot approaches the erotic book as a literary genre, and suggests that in early modern France, it could be found alongside accepted forms of literary practice. He argues that erotic literature was ousted from the marketplace with the arrival of a codified elitist conception of art, examines various narrative techniques, and discusses rules of production of erotic literature and its modes of consumption, including its use in brothel waiting rooms. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Genres: Nonfiction, Erotica, Sexuality

167 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1991

Reviews

[Miss Philby · Rating 3 out of 5]

Un breve ensayo sobre la literatura "licenciosa" del siglo XVIII en Francia a través de sus lectores, la reacción del poder y su apariencia.

[Kakanier · Rating 5 out of 5]

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