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portada Itch, Clap, Pox: Venereal Disease in the Eighteenth-Century Imagination
Type
Physical Book
Publisher
Author
Year
2019
Language
English
Pages
288
Format
Hardcover
ISBN13
9780300217056
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Itch, Clap, Pox: Venereal Disease in the Eighteenth-Century Imagination

Noelle Gallagher (Author) · Yale University Press · Hardcover

Itch, Clap, Pox: Venereal Disease in the Eighteenth-Century Imagination - Noelle Gallagher

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Synopsis "Itch, Clap, Pox: Venereal Disease in the Eighteenth-Century Imagination "

A lively interdisciplinary study of how venereal disease was represented in eighteenth-century British literature and art In eighteenth-century Britain, venereal disease was everywhere and nowhere: while physicians and commentators believed the condition to be widespread, it remained shrouded in secrecy, and was often represented using slang, symbolism, and wordplay. In this book, literary critic Noelle Gallagher explores the cultural significance of the “clap” (gonorrhea), the “pox” (syphilis), and the “itch” (genital scabies) for the development of eighteenth-century British literature and art.   As a condition both represented through metaphors and used as a metaphor, venereal disease provided a vehicle for the discussion of cultural anxieties about gender, race, commerce, and immigration. Gallagher highlights four key concepts associated with venereal disease, demonstrating how infection’s symbolic potency was enhanced by its links to elite masculinity, prostitution, foreignness, and facial deformities. Casting light where the sun rarely shines, this study will fascinate anyone interested in the history of literature, art, medicine, and sexuality.

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