Sha, Richard C. <br/><br/>
Perverse Romanticism :  Aesthetics and Sexuality in Britain, 1750-1832. 

 - 1st ed. 
 - 1 online resource (374 pages) 
<br/><br/>Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Romantic Science and the Perversification of Sexual Pleasure -- 2 Historicizing Perversion: Perversity, Perversion, and the Rise of Function in the Biological Sciences -- 3 One Sex or Two? Nervous Bodies, Romantic Puberty, and the Natural Origins of Perverse Desires -- 4 The Perverse Aesthetics of Romanticism: Purposiveness with Purpose -- 5 Fiery Joys Perverted to Ten Commands: William Blake, the Perverse Turn, and Sexual Liberation -- 6 Byron, Epic Puberty, and Polymorphous Perversity -- Notes -- Works Cited -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W. 
<br/><br/> At the nexus of Kantian aesthetics, literary analysis, and the history of medicine, Perverse Romanticism makes an important contribution to the study of sexuality in the long eighteenth century. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781421402611 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English literature-18th century-History and criticism.<br/>English literature-19th century-History and criticism.<br/>Romanticism-Great Britain.<br/>Aesthetics in literature.<br/>Sex in literature.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR468.R65 S53 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>820.9/145