{"product_id":"when-flesh-becomes-word-9780195161885","title":"When Flesh Becomes Word","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Flesh Becomes Word collects nine different examples of British libertine literature that appeared before 1750. Three of these--The School of Venus (1680), Venus in the Cloister (1725), and A Dialogue Between a Married Lady and a Maid (1740)--are famous \"whore dialogues,\" dramatic conversations between an older, experienced woman and a younger, inexperienced maid. Previously unavailable in an affordable edition, these dialogues combine sex education, medical folklore, and erotic literature in a decidedly proto-pornographic form. This edition presents other important examples of libertine literature, including bawdy poetry, a salacious medical treatise, an irreverent travelogue, and a criminal biography. The combination of both popular and influential texts presented in this edition provides an accessible introduction to the variety of material available to eighteenth-century readers before the publication of John Cleland's Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure in 1749.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bradford K. Mudge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43575246389309,"sku":"9780195161885","price":150.95,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0597\/7689\/2989\/files\/9780195161885.jpg?v=1788561062","url":"https:\/\/www.palmleaf.com.au\/products\/when-flesh-becomes-word-9780195161885","provider":"Palmleaf","version":"1.0","type":"link"}