When Flesh Becomes Word

Bradford K. Mudge, “When Flesh Becomes Word: An Anthology of Early Eighteenth-Century Libertine Literature”
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA | 2004-04-01 | ISBN 0195161882 | PDF | 368 pages | 3.6 MB

When Flesh Becomes Word collects nine different examples of British libertine literature that appeared before 1750. Three of these–The School of Venus (1680), Venus in the Cloister (1725), and A Dialogue Between a Married Lady and a Maid (1740)–are famous “whore dialogues,” dramatic conversations between an older, experienced woman and a younger, inexperienced maid. Previously unavailable in an affordable edition, these dialogues combine sex education, medical folklore, and erotic literature in a decidedly proto-pornographic form. This edition presents other important examples of libertine literature, including bawdy poetry, a salacious medical treatise, an irreverent travelogue, and a criminal biography. The combination of both popular and influential texts presented in this edition provides an accessible introduction to the variety of material available to eighteenth-century readers before the publication of John Cleland’s Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure in 1749.

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