Scan barcode
casparb's review against another edition
this book I love & I've the sense it's going to mature nicely too. Eve the dream. This is a nicer way in that Touching Feeling, which is incredible in its own right but much more difficult. At least it felt so at the time.
my highlights!
- no question the best essay I've ever read on wilde. I've read an unspeakable amount & they depress me very much. This one didn't
- the famous essay 'Jane Austen and the Masturbating Girl' which caused a HUGE controversy at the time based on nothing but the title. V compelling work on pre-victorian lesbianism, masturbation, with a little foucauldian expansion. Also worthwhile for the discussion on the continuing taboo (even now!) on the discussion of masturbation/pornography in academia
-DELiGHTFUL dialogue on the cinema of the man himself Mr john waters O absoLUTely
-18thc porno nuns from Mr diderot
my highlights!
- no question the best essay I've ever read on wilde. I've read an unspeakable amount & they depress me very much. This one didn't
- the famous essay 'Jane Austen and the Masturbating Girl' which caused a HUGE controversy at the time based on nothing but the title. V compelling work on pre-victorian lesbianism, masturbation, with a little foucauldian expansion. Also worthwhile for the discussion on the continuing taboo (even now!) on the discussion of masturbation/pornography in academia
-DELiGHTFUL dialogue on the cinema of the man himself Mr john waters O absoLUTely
-18thc porno nuns from Mr diderot
julziez's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.5
cogs_books's review
Dense and complicated, will try reading again at some point in the future.
More...