The Cremorne Explained

The Cremorne was a pornographic magazine published by William Lazenby in London in 1882 (but falsely backdated to 1851).^[1] The title alludes to Cremorne Gardens which had by that time become a haunt of prostitutes. The magazine was a sequel to The Pearl.^[2] The Cremorne folded in 1882.^[2]

The story "The Secret Life of Linda Brent" is an obscene parody of "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl", by Harriet Jacobs writing under the pseudonym of Linda Brent. It is in the same vein as "My Grandmother's Tale", previously published in The Pearl.

Further reading

• Paul Giles, "Atlantic republic: the American tradition in English literature", Oxford University Press, 2006,, p.149
• Michael Matthew Kaylor, "Secreted Desires: The Major Uranians: Hopkins, Pater and Wilde", Michael Matthew Kaylor, 2006,, p.15
• Lisa Z. Sigel, "International exposure: perspectives on modern European pornography, 1800-2000", Rutgers University Press, 2005,, p.64,73-74

Notes and References

1. Rachel Potter, "Obscene Modernism and the Trade in Salacious Books", Modernism/modernity, Volume 16, Number 1, January 2009, pp.87-104
2. Book: Laurel Brake. Marysa Demoor. Dictionary of Nineteenth-century Journalism in Great Britain and Ireland. Academia Press. 2009. 978-90-382-1340-8. London. 351.