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Perverse romanticism, aesthetics and sexuality in Britain, 1750-1832, Richard C. Sha

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Perverse romanticism, aesthetics and sexuality in Britain, 1750-1832, Richard C. Sha
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eng
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [325]-345) and index
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illustrations
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index present
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non fiction
Main title
Perverse romanticism
Nature of contents
bibliography
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214322853
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Richard C. Sha
Sub title
aesthetics and sexuality in Britain, 1750-1832
Table Of Contents
Introduction -- Romantic science and the perversification of sexual pleasure -- Historicizing perversion: perversity, perversion, and the rise of function in the biological sciences -- One sex or two? Nervous bodies, romantic puberty, and the natural origins of perverse desires -- The perverse aesthetics of romanticism: purposiveness with purpose -- Fiery joys perverted to ten commands: William Blake, the perverse turn, and sexual liberation -- Byron, epic puberty, and polymorphous perversity
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