Forbidden texts: erotic literature and its readers in eighteenth-century France

Abstract

Preface. Introduction: +ACI-Les mots et les choses+ACI-. 1. The Importance of Erotic Literature in the Eighteenth Century. 2. The Effects of Reading Erotic Literature. 3. The Powers of the Literary Imagination. 4. The Limits of Pornographic Writing. 5. Clandestine Literature and the Art of Self-designation. 6. Means to an End: The Strategies of Erotic Narrative. Conclusions. Appendix. Index.