| Memoirs of a Coxcomb Contributor(s): Cleland, John (Author), Gladfelder, Hal (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1551115689 ISBN-13: 9781551115689 Publisher: Broadview Press Inc OUR PRICE: $30.35 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2005412771 |
| Series: Broadview Editions |
| Physical Information: 284 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In 1749, John Cleland was prosecuted by British censors for writing Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure, the first sexually explicit novel in English (and still one of the best-known). Though initially imprisoned on a charge of obscenity, he was later paid 100 a year by the government on the condition that he never again publish an obscene work. Two years later, he published Memoirs of a Coxcomb, a less explicit companion to his first novel, written from a male perspective. Part romance and part social satire, Memoirs of a Coxcomb will appeal to readers interested in eighteenth-century literature, the early novel, or the history of sexuality. Appendices include Tobias Smollett's review of the novel, selections from Cleland's criticism, and eighteenth-century writings on masculinity and prostitution. |