“Beautifully but shamefully printed up”: Reading the erotic in sixteenth century book culture
Society of Antiquaries of London Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, United KingdomPUBLIC LECTURE "Beautifully but shamefully printed up": Reading the erotic in sixteenth century book culture Lecture by Dr Linda Grant This lecture will be online only. In this talk, I will start by looking at an infamous ‘obscene’ book from sixteenth century Italy: Pietro Aretino’s sonnetti lussuriosi and the ‘pornographic’ engravings that accompanied them, together […]