'Tis Nature's Fault

The essays in this volume address sexual phenomena in eighteenth-century Europe that were for one reason or another outside the legal or sanctified systems of acceptability: most notably unwed heterosexual domesticity masturbation prostitution libertinism homosexuality and erotic literature. The contributors' essays make an important first step toward integrating sexuality into our general understanding of eighteenth century culture. Contributors: Roy Porter; Jean-Marie Goulemot with Odile Wagner and Arthur Greenspan translators; John R. Gillis; Theodore Tarczylo with James Coke and Michael Murray translators; Vern L. Bullough; James G. Turner; Jean-Pierre Guicciardi with Michael Murray translator; David Coward; Randolph Trumbach; Michel Delon with Nelly Stephane translator; G. S. Rousseau; Arend H. Huussen Jr.; Michael Rey with Robert A. Day and Robert Welch translators; Peter Sabor; Paul-Gabriel Bouce Robert J. Ellrich; Robert L. Dawson; Armando Marchi with James Cook and David Marsh translators.