Sexual Restraint and Aesthetic Experience in Victorian Literary Decadence

Sexual Restraint and Aesthetic Experience in Victorian Literary Decadence Green Sarah (University of Oxford) Wydawca: Cambridge University Press Data wydania: 2023 ISBN: 9781108831512 Liczba stron: 274 Format: 237 x 160 x 22 Rodzaj oprawy: Hardback Opis produktu: Can sexual restraint be good for you? Many Victorians thought so. This book explores a surprisingly positive view of restraint in an unlikely place: late nineteenth-century Decadence. It reads Decadent texts alongside medical manuals, periodicals, and adverts, finding representations of restraint as healthy, productive, and aesthetically enriching.