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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Sha, Richard C.
Perverse romanticism: aesthetics and sexuality in Britain, 1750–1832 / Richard C. Sha.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN-13: 978-0-8018-9041-3 (hardcover: alk. paper)
ISBN-10: 0-8018-9041-1 (hardcover: alk. paper)
1. English literature—18th century—History and criticism.
2. English literature—19th century—History and criticism.
3. Romanticism—Great Britain. 4. Aesthetics in literature. 5. Sex in literature. I. Title.
PR468.R65S53 2009
820.9’145—dc22 2008013123
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