Nineteenth-Century British Pornography: Sources and Materials

Kathleen Lubey is Professor of English at St. John’s University, where she teaches courses on eighteenth-century literature, culture, sexuality, feminism, and race; queer studies, feminist theory, and the history of sexuality; and literary theory and research methods.

• Volume 1: Textual Cultures of PornographyEdited by Kathleen LubeyTable of contentsAcknowledgementsChronologyList of IllustrationsGeneral IntroductionVolume 1 IntroductionBibliographyPart 1. Pornographic Novels: Reprints of Eighteenth-Century Sources1. John Cleland, Memoirs of the Life of the Celebrated Miss Fanny Hill (London, H. Smith [William Dugdale], 1841)2. Anonymous, Memoirs of a Man of Pleasure in The Exquisite: A Collection of Tales, Histories, and Essays, Funny, Fanciful, and Facetious, vol. 3, nos. 120-135, (London, H. Smith [William Dugdale], 1844), pp. 125-8, 133, 166-7, 197-2003. Anon., The Child of Nature, Improved by Chance. A Philosophical Novel. (London, T. Becket, 1774), pp. 193-98, 253-62, 287-94, 278-804. Title page, The Philosophy of Pleasure, a reprint of The Child of Nature (Edward Avery and Arthur Reader, 1885)Part II. Libertine and Philosophical Legacies5. The Works of the Famous Philosopher, containing His Complete Master-Piece (London, J. Smith, [c. 1860]), pp. 15-19, 81-2, 103, 256-76. Selected Poetical Works of the Earls of Rochester, Roscomon [sic], and Dorset; including the Cabinet of Love (London, 1757), pp. v-xxii, 23-4, 39-50, 51-58, 60-1, 64, 66-74, 767. The Singular Life, Amatory Adventures, and Extraordinary Intrigues of John Wilmot, the Renowned Earl of Rochester (London, Henry Smith [William Dugdale], 1860), pp. 13-17, 23-31, 170-738. John Wilkes, ‘An Essay on Woman’ [1763] in The Exquisite: A Collection of Tales, Histories and Essays, Funny, Fanciful and Facetious. Vol. 2 (London, Henry Smith [William Dugdale], 1843)9. “Anecdote” [about John Wilkes] in The Exquisite: A Collection of Tales, Histories and Essays, Funny, Fanciful and Facetious. Vol. 2. (London, Henry Smith [William Dugdale], 1843)10. Richard Payne Knight, A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus (London, 1786)11. Selected Prints and Illustrations by Thomas Rowlandson, c. 1799-1810.The Connoisseurs. London, 1799Cunnyseurs. London, c. 1810Gratification of the Senses a la Mode Francois. London, 1800Black Brown and Fair. London, 1807Pretty Little Games for young ladies and gentlemen. London, 1845Part III. Policing Pornographers12. Excerpt from The Constable’s Assistant: being a compendium of the duties and powers of constables, and other peace officers, compiled by the Society for the Suppression of Vice (London, 1808).13. Excerpt from an Address to the Public, from the Society for the Suppression of Vice, by the Society for the Suppression of Vice (London, 1803).14. Society for the Suppression of Vice pamphlet [excerpts] (London, 1825).15. Proceedings of the King’s Bench against William Dugdale, Edward Duncombe, and George Cannon, 1852-185316. [Letter from William Dugdale to the editor, accusing newspaper of libel], The Morning Chronicle, November 29, 1827.17. [William Dugdale Conviction and Sentencing], The Morning Post, September 25, 1851.18. [William Dugdale’s suit against the Society for the Suppression of Vice], Reynolds’s Newspaper, July 20, 1856.19. [William Dugdale Conviction], Huddersfield Chronicle, May 16, 185720. [William Dugdale Obituary], Sheffield Independent, November 21, 1868. Part 4. Pornography and Periodical Culture21. The Exhibition of Female Flagellants (London, William Dugdale, c.1840 [orig. 1777], pp. 12-14, 40-2, 47-822. ‘Letters Addressed to the Editor of the Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine on the Whipping of Girls, and the General Corporal Punishment of Children’, Supplemental Conversazione of the Englishwoman’s Domestic Magazine (July-November, 1870)23. The Bon Ton Magazine; or, Microscope of Fashion and Folly, excerpts and illustrations, 5 Vols. (London, 1791-1796)24. The Exquisite: A Collection of Tales, Histories and Essays, Funny, Fanciful and Facetious, excerpts and illustrations, 3 Vols. (London, 1842-1844).25. The Pearl. A Journal of Facetiæ, Voluptuous Reading, excerpts and illustrations, 3 vols. (London, Society of Vice [William Lazenby], 1879-1880).Part 5. Pornographic Novels: Nineteenth-Century Originals26. The Lustful Turk, or Scenes in the Harem of an Eastern Potentate (London, Society of Vice, c. 1828), pp. 22-7, 55-7, 113-14, 116-22, 130-3327. Seraglio Scenes; or Such Things Are. By the Author of the Lustful Turk (London, Betsy Wilson [J.B. Brookes], c. 1830), pp. 11-16, 22-4, 68-74, 81-6,28. The Seducing Cardinal’s Amours with Isabella Peto and Others (London, Madame Le Duck [William Lazenby and Edward Avery, 1830), pp. 3-5, 8-12, 20-5, 29-3029. The Inutility of Virtue. A Tale of Lust and Licentiousness, Exemplified in the History of a Young and Beautiful Lady Modest and Virtuous (London, Society of Vice, c. 1830), pp. 67-82Index30. The Adventures, Intrigues, and Amours of a Lady’s Maid! Written by Herself (London, J. Ryder [John Dugdale], 1822), pp. 9-21, 59-66, 86-9631. [James Campbell Reddie], The Adventures of a Schoolboy; or, the Freaks of Youthful Passion (London, 1866), pp. 10-13, 32-38, 44-45, 50-57, 70-73