1st Edition
The Other Victorians A Study of Sexuality and Pornography in Mid-nineteenth-century England
Edited By Steven Marcus
Copyright 2009
314 Pages
by
Routledge
314 Pages
by
Routledge
313 Pages
by
Routledge
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Taking as his point of departure the authors, the audience, and the texts of Victorian writings on sex in general and of Victorian pornography in particular, Steven Marcus offers a startling and revolutionary perspective on the underside of Victorian culture. The subjects dealt with in The Other Victorians are not only those to have been "shocking" in the Victorian period. The way these... Read more
Preface to the Transaction Edition, Preface, Introduction, 1. Mr. Acton of Queen Anne Street, or, the Wisdom of Our Ancestors, 2. Pisanus Fraxi, Pornographer Royal, 3. The Secret Life—I, 4. The Secret Life—II, 5. The World of Fiction, 6. A Child Is Being Beaten, 7. Conclusion, Index
Biography
Steven Marcus
