Mighty Lewd Books: The Development of Pornography in Eighteenth-Century England
by J. Peakman
Category: Social Science

Mighty Lewd Books describes the emergence of a new home-grown English pornography. Through the examination of over 500 pieces of British erotica, this book looks at sex as seen in erotic culture, religion and medicine throughout the long eighteenth-century, and provides a radical new approach to the study of sexuality.