{"product_id":"9780198036616","title":"When Flesh Becomes Word: An Anthology of Early Eighteenth-Century Libertine Literature","description":"\u003cem\u003eWhen Flesh Becomes Word\u003c\/em\u003e collects nine different examples of British libertine literature that appeared before 1750. Three of these--\u003cem\u003eThe School of Venus\u003c\/em\u003e (1680), \u003cem\u003eVenus in the Cloister\u003c\/em\u003e (1725), and \u003cem\u003eA Dialogue Between a Married Lady and a Maid\u003c\/em\u003e (1740)--are famous \"whore dialogues,\" dramatic conversations between an older, experienced woman and a younger, inexperienced maid. Previously unavailable to the modern reader, these dialogues combine sex education, medical folklore, and erotic literature in a decidedly proto-pornographic form. This edition presents other important examples of libertine literature, including bawdy poetry, a salacious medical treatise, an irreverent travelogue, and a criminal biography. The combination of both popular and influential texts presented in this edition provides an accessible introduction to the variety of material available to eighteenth-century readers before the publication of John Cleland's \u003cem\u003eMemoirs of a Woman of Pleasure\u003c\/em\u003e in 1749.","brand":"Oxford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47157470200048,"sku":"9780198036616","price":64.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780198036616_p0.jpg?v=1763665527","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780198036616","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}