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Libertine Enlightenment

Sex Liberty and Licence in the Eighteenth Century

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Editors:
  1. Peter Cryle

    1. Centre for the History of European Discourses, University of Queensland, Australia

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  2. Lisa O’Connell

    1. School of English, Media Studies and Art History, University of Queensland, Australia

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
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  2. Sex, Liberty and Licence in the Eighteenth Century

    1. Sex, Liberty and Licence in the Eighteenth Century

      • Peter Cryle, Lisa O’Connell
      Pages 1-14

  5. Spurious Practices

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183
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    2. Libertines and Radicals in the 1790s: The Strange Case of Charles Pigott I

      • Jonathan Mee
      Pages 185-203

    3. James Graham as Spiritual Libertine

      • Peter Otto
      Pages 204-220

    4. The Mysteries of Imposture: Count Cagliostro’s Literary Legacy in German Romanticism

      • Christa Knellwolf
      Pages 221-235

    5. Children of the Midnight Mass

      • Patrick Wald Lasowski
      Pages 236-247

  6. Back Matter

    Pages 248-256
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About this book

Sex in the Eighteenth-century was not simply a pleasure; it had profound philosophical and political implications. This book explores those implications, and in particular the links between sexual freedom and liberty in a variety of European and British contexts. Discussing prostitutes and politicians, philosophers and charlatans, confidence tricksters and novelists, Libertine Enlightenment presents a fascinating overview of the sexual dimension of enlightened modernity.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Centre for the History of European Discourses, University of Queensland, Australia

    Peter Cryle

  • School of English, Media Studies and Art History, University of Queensland, Australia

    Lisa O’Connell

About the editors

ALAN CORKHILL Senior Lecturer in German Studies, University of Queensland, Australia SIMON DURING Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University CHRISTA KNELLWOLF Researcher, Australian National University, Australia IAIN MCCALMAN Director of the Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University, and President of the Australian Academy of the Humanities JONATHAN MEE Margaret Candfield Fellow in English at University College, Oxford PETER OTTO Lecturer, University of Melbourne, Australia NICOLA PARSONS Department of English with Cultural Studies, University of Melbourne, Australia MARC SERGE RIVIÈRE Professor of French, University of Limerick, Ireland CHANTAL THOMAS Directrice de Recherche, Conseil National de Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Lyons, France PATRICK WALD LASOWSKI Université de Paris 8 (Vincennes-Saint-Denis) KATHLEEN WILSON Professor of History, State University of New York, Stony Brook, USA

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Libertine Enlightenment

  • Book Subtitle: Sex Liberty and Licence in the Eighteenth Century

  • Editors: Peter Cryle, Lisa O’Connell

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230522817

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-1763-8Published: 09 December 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-51350-5Published: 09 December 2003

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-52281-7Published: 14 November 2003

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XI, 256

  • Number of Illustrations: 8 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: European History, Modern History

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