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'''Thomas Cannon''' was an eighteenth-century English writer. He was a friend of [[John Cleland]], author of ''Fanny Hill'', until they fell out. | '''Thomas Cannon''' was an eighteenth-century English writer. He was a friend of [[John Cleland]], author of ''Fanny Hill'', until they fell out. | ||
− | In 1748, he published a | + | In 1748, he published a pamphlet defending homosexuality, ''Ancient & Modern Pederasty Investigated and Exemplify'd''.<ref>George Sebastian Rousseau, ''Perilous enlightenment: pre- and post-modern discourses : sexual, historical'' Manchester University Press 1991 ISBN:0-7190-3301-2, page 147</ref>. Cannon and the publisher were prosecuted, and no copies of the book survive. However most of the text has been reconstructed from court records.<ref>http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6593281.stm "Ancient text shows gay activist", ''BBC News'', 25 April 2007</ref> |
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Latest revision as of 10:48, 25 December 2013
Thomas Cannon was an eighteenth-century English writer. He was a friend of John Cleland, author of Fanny Hill, until they fell out.
In 1748, he published a pamphlet defending homosexuality, Ancient & Modern Pederasty Investigated and Exemplify'd.[1]. Cannon and the publisher were prosecuted, and no copies of the book survive. However most of the text has been reconstructed from court records.[2]
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References
- ↑ George Sebastian Rousseau, Perilous enlightenment: pre- and post-modern discourses : sexual, historical Manchester University Press 1991 ISBN:0-7190-3301-2, page 147
- ↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/manchester/6593281.stm "Ancient text shows gay activist", BBC News, 25 April 2007