18th-Century England:

The Country of

FORBIDDEN LOVE
"I think there is no crime in making what use I please of my own body." --William Brown (on his arrest for sodomy, London, 1726)

 

 

Kensal Green Cemetery

Think life is tough for today's homosexual? You haven't seen anything yet. In 18th-Century England, a close-minded, hyper-religious, heterosexuality-obsessed society made life difficult for anyone whose lifestyle didn't fit the norm -- specifically, homosexuals.

 What was it like, you ask.

Well, take a tour:

Background

Social Perception

Religion

Punishment

Places to Be

 

Do you think you're empathetic to a homosexual's plight? Are you sure? Then maybe you're ready to Choose Your Own 18th-Century Adventure....

 

Picture: A Man and His Fribble

Choose Your Own Adventure!!

Bibliography

Footnotes

Do you have an insatiable appetite and wanna know more?

Links

 

 

This page was made by Julia Shih and Laura Flyer for English 430 (Rise of the Novel), at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1999

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