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Before Pornography

Before Pornography

Written by Ian Frederick Moulton

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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".

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