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Forbidden Texts
Erotic Literature and Its Readers in Eighteenth-Century France
by Jean Marie Goulemot
ISBN: 0812233190
ISBN-13: 9780812233193
Format: Hardcover
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"Represents the best in the current scholarship on pornography. Goulemot argues that eighteenth century pornography came closer than any other genre to realizing the aim of all literature before Mallarme-namely, to create a 'reality effect,' one so powerful that it seemed to obliterate the distinction between literature and life."
-- New York Review of Books
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Univ of Pennsylvania Pr
Published date: 1995
Size: 6.25 x 9.5 inches
Weight: 0.9 pounds
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Goulemot, Jean Marie
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1994 Approaches the erotic book as a literary genre, suggests that in early modern France it could be found alongside accepted forms of literary practice. Discusses the rules of production of erotic literature, its means of dissemination, modes of consumption, from the touting of prohibited books in the park of Versailles to the use of literature in waiting rooms in brothels.. 1st. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. 8vo - over 7�" - 9�" tall. ( more information) Offered by L. Lowell Decker (United States)
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Forbidden Texts: Erotic Literature and Its Readers in Eighteenth-Century France
Goulemot, Jean Marie
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1994 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.. First US Edition. Cloth. New/New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information) Offered by Delectus Books (United Kingdom)
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Forbidden Texts: Erotic Literature and its Readers in Eighteenth-Century France
GOULEMOT, Jean Marie
Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. Near Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1994. Hardcover. 0812233190 . Translated from the French by James Simpson. First American edition. Review copy with slip laid in. Date on front paste-down, else fine in a fine dust jacket. . ( more information) Offered by Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB (United States)
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