Lynda C. (Readnmachine) reviewed Pleasure Bound: Victorian Sex Rebels and the New Eroticism on + 1440 more book reviews
Interesting scholarly overview of the prominent writers, artists, and iconoclasts of Victorian England who turned the Victorian view of sexuality upside down. Primary characters include Sir Richard Burton, Oscar Wilde, Dante Gabriel Rosetti, Algernon Charles Swinburne, and others who are less remembered today but no less influential in the movement.
Stacie P. (froot) -
In the 1860's, at the height of the Victorian Era, the world was changing at an unsettling pace. This book touches on the sexually themed writing and painting (including out-and-out pornography)of the latter half of the 19th century. Much of what they dipped their hands into feels strangely modern to us today. Much of this is about sexual expression. Not a light read. Definately a heavy read with deep thinking attached. OVER ALL, It was ok. Nothing I'd go back to.
