Perverse romanticism : aesthetics and sexuality in Britain, 1750-1832 / Richard C. Sha.

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.

xi, 359 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-345) and index.

Introduction -- Romantic science and the perversification of sexual pleasure -- Historicizing perversion: perversity, perversion, and the rise of function in the biological sciences -- One sex or two? Nervous bodies, romantic puberty, and the natural origins of perverse desires -- The perverse aesthetics of romanticism: purposiveness with purpose -- Fiery joys perverted to ten commands: William Blake, the perverse turn, and sexual liberation -- Byron, epic puberty, and polymorphous perversity.