 | Fragile Minds and Vulnerable Souls: The Matter of Obscenity in Nineteenth-Century Germany Subjects: Pornography -- Germany -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Pornography -- Appreciation -- Germany -- History -- 19th century; Erotic literature -- 19th century -- History and criticism; Erotic literature -- Appreciation -- Germany -- History -- 19th; Fragile Minds and Vulnerable Souls investigates the creation of "obscene writings and images" --from popular medical works to stereoscope cards--and the process through which these texts were deemed dangerous to the intellectual and emotional lives of vulnerable consumers in nineteenth-century Germany. Sarah L. Leonard is Associate Professor of History at Simmons College. |
