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Posted on January 14, 2021 by Aoife

S4 E2 Ravishing: Anon ‘The Lustful Turk’ (1828)

Why on earth was antique erotica, with its hilarious genital metaphors, censored in Ireland? This titillating text was officially ‘obscene’ for more than one hundred years.

Canyon Books edition (1967)
Categories20th century, Blog, Episode, Ireland, Podcast TagsByronic, Erotica, James Campbell Reddie, Lord Justice Campbell, Obscenity Act 1857, softcore, The Lustful Turk

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