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SEX and SEXUALITY, 1640-1940 Part 2 SEX AND SEXUALITY, 1640-1940 Part 2 SEX AND SEXUALITY, 1640-1940 Literary, Medical and Sociological Perspectives Part 2: Romantic Friendships and Lesbian Relationships in Literature and History Contents listing PUBLISHER'S NOTE CONTENTS OF REELS SAMPLE EXTRACTS SEX AND SEXUALITY, 1640-1940 Part 2 Publisher's Note By opening up a subject that has remained largely inaccessible, this series makes available many writings that have been restricted to specialist libraries and obscure archives. Many of these texts have been the subject of taboo, censorship, prejudice and condemnation and have been relegated to the periphery. Part 1 includes texts chosen from the resources of the Library of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine in London, and the Bodleian Library, Oxford, spanning from the mid-17th century to the early 20th century. These provide a general survey of the literature of sexuality. Part 2 of Sex and Sexuality examines relationships between women, from the classical period to the beginning of the twentieth century. These range from platonic love through to explicit sexual relations. Where the 18th century notion of Romantic Friendship fits into this continuum is a matter for debate. The reader often has to interpret signs and conventions to provide an interpretation of what was going on. This is also true of classical literature where varying translations of works by Ovid, Juvenal and Sappho clearly lead to different interpretations of the nature of sexuality in the ancient world. For Juvenal we include variant translations by Stapylton (1647), Dryden (1693) and Gifford (1802). For Sappho we include The Works of Anacreon and Sappho (1713), a new edition of 1768, Sappho: literal translations (1885) and Sappho: one hundred lyrics (1906). In the late 17th century these works could be seen as models for platonic circles of friendship; in later days they were interpreted as being suggestive of more intimate contact. Mary Robinson’s Sappho and Phaeon (1796) show how these classical works continued to exert a powerful influence over writers. John Cleland is an important figure in the history of sexuality and his novels provide explicit evidence of a range of sexual practices including lesbianism. Access to his works has often been restricted, so scholars will welcome the inclusion of his Dictionary of Love (1753), adapted from the Dictionnaire d’amour by du Radier among three other key texts. A number of key women writers are also represented and many have a great deal to say about female friendships and lesbian relationships. Jane Barker is represented by her Poetical Recreations (1688), The Entertaining Novels of Mrs Jane Barker (1719) and The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen (1726). From Eliza Heywood we have The British Recluse: or, the Secret History of Cleomira (1722), Cleomalia (1727), Reflections of the Various Effects of Love (1726) and The History of Jemmy and Jenny Jessamy (1753). Sarah Fielding’s writings can also be analysed and we feature the prolific Charlotte Lennox in writings such as Euphemia (1790), The Life of Harriot Stuart (1751), The Female Quixote; or, the Adventures of Arabella (1752), Henrietta (1758), and The Sister (1769). French writers also had a major role in lesbian discourse as can be seen from works such as Nicolas Chorier’s L’oeuvre….Satyre sotadique (1659), Diderot’s Les Bijoux Indiscrets (1748), and Pierre Ambroise F Choderlos de Laclos’s Les Liaisons Dangereuses (1748 - with a translation of 1898) which continues to attract attention. The collection also includes travel narratives describing sexual practices in the Ottoman empire in the 17th and 18th centuries; Dr Carr’s Medicinal Epistles (1714), Jean Barrin’s Venus in the Cloister (1683) and two editions of A Description of Millenium Hall (1762 and 1764). Scholars can compare the attitudes revealed by Eliza Jeary’s Marina and Amelia: or, the history of Two Female Friends (1808) and Female Friendship (1824) with the views of M A Raffalovich’s Uranisme et Unisexualité (1896) and Xavier Mayne’s The Intersexes (1908). Did the economically driven cohabitation of spinsters lead to tribady? How platonic were romantic friendships? In what way did the rise of sensibility and romanticism affect attitudes toward lesbian relationships? All of these questions can be explored in this series, which will enhance our understanding of the sexual enlightenment and its aftermath and the way in which individuals have negotiated their sexual practices and beliefs throughout the course of history. <back SEX AND SEXUALITY, 1640-1940 Part 2 Contents of Reels REEL 1 Classical works The Works of Anacreon and Sappho translated by A Phillips, 1713 - Douce A 151 The Works of Anacreon and Sappho, 1768 - Douce A 155 Sappho and Phaeon, Mary Robinson, 1796 - 280 n.416 Sappho: Memoir, Text, Selected Renderings and a Literal Translation, Henry Thornton Wharton, 1885 - 29361 f.1 Sappho: One hundred lyrics, Bliss Carman, 1906 - 29361 f.4 Juvenals Sixteen Satyrs or, A Survey on the Manners and Actions of Mankind, translated by Sir Robert Stapylton, 1647 - Douce I 121 REEL 2 Juvenal: The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis translated by Dryden, 1693 - Fol Δ 681 Juvenal: The satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis translated by William Gifford, 1802 - CC 192 Art Seld Ovid: The History of Love translated by Charles Hopkin, 1695 - 2799 e.406 REEL 3 Historical accounts The Present State of the Ottoman Empire by Paul Rycaut, 1668 - Bliss A 311 The Six Voyages ... through Turkey into Persia ... Together with a new relation of the present Grand Seignors Seraglio by John Baptista Tavernier, 1678 - Ashm. 1724 Travels into Turkey translated by A G Busbequius, 1744 - 24494 f.1 Pretty Doings in a Protestant Nation ... the Present State of Fornication, Whorecraft, and Adultery by Father Poussin, 1734 - Douce TT 35 (3) REEL 4 Memoirs of the Life of Count de Grammont by Anthony Hamilton, translated by Mr Boyer, 1714 - 8 M 219 (1) TL The Book of the Ladies, with elucidations by C A Sainte-Beauve by Pierre de Bourdeille, translated by Katharine Prescott Wormeley, 1899 - 23746 d.66 The Fleet Registers, comprising the History of Fleet Marriages, and some account of the Parsons and Marriage housekeepers by John Southernden Burn, 1833 - 33.660 REEL 5 The Intersexes: a History of Similisexualism by Xavier Mayne, 1908 - ? d 122 Uranisme et Unisexualit by Marc-Andr Raffalovich, 1896 - ? d 161 A Problem in Greek Ethics, being an inquiry into the phenomenon of Sexual Aversion by John Addington Symonds, 1908 - ? d 240 REEL 6 Medical works The Anatomy of Humane Bodies Epitomized by Thomas Gibson, 1684. 2nd edition, corrected and enlarged - 8 L 70 Med Dr Carrs Medicinal Epistles upon Several Occasions by Richard Carr, translated by John Quincy, 1714 - 8 M 224 (1) Th REEL 7 Literary treatments Venus in the Cloister, or The Nun in her Smock. In curious dialogue... done out of the French by Jean Barrin, 1683 - Don.f.537 Poetical Recreations by Jane Barker, 1688 - 12 θ 1207 The Entertaining novels of Mrs Jane Barker by Jane Barker, 1719. 2 volumes - 12 θ 1866, 1867 The Lining of the Patch-Work Screen by Jane Barker, 1726 - Douce B 294 SEX AND SEXUALITY, 1640-1940 Part 2 REEL 8 The British Recluse: or, The Secret History of Cleomira by Eliza Haywood, 1722. 2nd edition - Vet A4 e.979 Cleomelia: or, the Generous Mistress. Including The Lucky Rape and - The Capricious Lover by Eliza Haywood, 1727. 2nd edition - G Pamph 1308 (10) The History of Jemmy and Jenny Jessomy by Eliza Haywood, 1753. 3 volumes - 256 f.2598-2600 Reflections on the Various Effects of Love by Eliza Haywood, 1726. 2nd edition - Vet A4 e.2872 REEL 9 Familiar letters... by Sarah Fielding, 1747. 2 volumes - 12 θ 1890, 1891 The Governess; or, Little Female Academy by Sarah Fielding, 1749 - Don. f.531 The Lives of Cleopatra and Octavia by Sarah Fielding, 1757 - 13 θ 49 REEL 10 The Dictionary of Love by John Cleland, 1753. Adapted from Dictionairre damour by du Radier - Vet A5 f.3201 Memoirs of a Coxcomb by John Cleland, 1885 - PHI e.128 Memoirs of Fanny Hill by John Cleland, 1888 - PHI e.437 The Surprises of Love by John Cleland, 1765 - Vet A5 f.314 REEL 11 Roxana: or, The Fortunate Mistress by Daniel Defoe, 1742 - Vet A4 f.16 Les Bijoux Indiscrets by Denis Diderot, 1748 - Douce D17, 18 La Religieuse by Denis Diderot, 1804 - Douce DD59 Female Friendship, a Tale for Sundays, 1824 - 24.345 A Sapphick Epistle from Jack Cavendish to the honourable and most beautiful Mrs D***, 1771 - G Pamph 1699 (18) REEL 12 The Rival Duchess: or, Court Incendiary, 1708. Attributed to Arthur Maynwaring - Pamph 280 (2) Antiochus the Great: or, the fatal relapse. A tragedy by Jane Wiseman, 1702 - Harding D2224 The Toast by William King, 1732 - G Pamph 2756 (8) A description of Millenium Hall, and the country adjacent, by a gentleman on his travels (really Lady Montagu and Sarah Scott) by Barbara, Lady Montagu, 1762 - 256 f.672 A description of Millenium Hall, and the country adjacent, by a gentleman on his travels (really Lady Montagu and Sarah Scott) by Barbara, Lady Montagu, 1764. 2nd edition corrected - 256 f.1253 The death of Amnon. A poem by Elizabeth Hands, 1789 - 280.i.310 (i) Marina and Amelia: or, The history of Two Female Friends by Eliza Jeary, 1808 - 2537 e.1093 Some particulars relating to the life and death of Rebecca Scudamore by Sarah Young, 1790 - 210 f.93 REEL 13 The Life of Harriot Stuart by Charlotte Lennox, 1751. 2 volumes - Vet A5 f.456,457 The Female Quixote; or, the Adventures of Arabella by Charlotte Lennox, 1752. 2 volumes - 251 g.886, 887 REEL 14 Henrietta by Charlotte Lennox, 1758.
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