Trollope's Trollop

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Anthony Trollope's novel 'The Eustace Diamonds' exemplifies the Victorian conflict between the need to talk about sexuality and society's need to repress it. The central issue, the Eustace diamonds, symbolize sexuality as well as the economics of sexual difference. The sexuality of the antagonist, Lizzie Eustace, is interwoven with her obsession with the jewels. Lizzie's heirloom economics are compared with those of the domestic heroine, Lucy Morris. The narrator's aloof tone allows him to relate the sexual significance of the affair without being a part of it. This is a classic example of the unspeakability of Victorian sexual mores.

Sex in literature, Arts, Victorian, Victorian arts, Trollope, Anthony

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Fitting Fanny: Cleland's 'Memoirs' and the politics of male pleasure

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John Cleland examines the role of Englishmen's sexual practices in 'Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure' using sexual and political analogies in determining their social status. Cleland used a fictional and idealized world of prostitution to differentiate the sexuality of the prostitutes' Englishmen patrons. The strictness of Englishmen's heterosexuality was illustrated by interposing different manifestations of vaginal imagery. The primacy of heterosexual sex was also emphasized despite addressing various sexual practices.

Sexuality in literature, Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (Book), Cleland, John (English novelist)

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"The glorious lust of doing good": Tom Jones and the virtues of sexuality

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The question of Henry Fielding's sentimentalism is explored through an examination of the ambivalent way in which critics have traditionally examined it. The manner in which Fielding's sentimentalism engages him in both the literary and the socio-political concerns of his time is discussed in the light of his novel 'Tom Jones', that arguably represents male sexual passion as a source of moral judgment and ethical conduct.

Works, Sex (Psychology), Critical essay, Sentimentality, Fielding, Henry (English writer), Tom Jones (Novel)

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