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Love and Sex in Victorian Fiction

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Valentine's Day at Oxford
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Victorian fiction is commonly thought of as treating love sentimentally and lacking all reference to sex. In this talk drawing on material from a book he is writing, Dr David Grylls, Fellow of Kellogg College, will contest such a view.
Originally published in the Alumni Weekend series.

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Valentine's Day at Oxford
People
David Grylls
Keywords
Victorian
literature
fiction
Department: Mathematical Institute
Date Added: 04/10/2013
Duration: 01:03:57

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