TY - BOOK ID - 77904263 TI - Before pornography : erotic writing in early modern England PY - 2023 SN - 1280473665 9786610473663 0195350359 0195180461 9780195350357 9780195180466 1423722183 9781423722182 9780195137095 0195137094 6610473668 9781280473661 019517982X 0197711669 PB - Oxford : Oxford University Press, DB - UniCat KW - English literature KW - Sex in literature. KW - Erotic literature, English KW - Sex customs KW - Sex customs in literature. KW - Customs, Sex KW - Human beings KW - Sexual behavior KW - Sexual practices KW - Manners and customs KW - Moral conditions KW - Sex KW - History and criticism. KW - History KW - Early modern, 1500-1700 KW - History and criticism KW - Sex in literature KW - Erotic literature [English ] KW - Sex customs in literature KW - Sex customs - England - History - 16th century. KW - Sex customs - England - History - 17th century. KW - Masculinity in literature. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77904263 AB - Explores the relationship between erotic writing, masculinity, and national identity in Renaissance England. This work argues that pornography is a historical phenomenon. It addresses the social significance of eroticism in such canonical texts as "Sidney's Defense of Poesy" and "Spenser's Faerie Queene". ER -