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Steven Marcus is an American academic and literary critic. He is George Delacorte Professor Emeritus in the Humanities at Columbia University.His best known book is the non-fiction The Other Victorians (1964), a study of sexuality and pornography in mid-nineteenth-century England in which he discusses works such as The Lustful Turk and Romance of Lust. He also coined the term pornotopia.
One of the founders of the National Humanities Center, he is a former Fellow (1980-2) and a current Trustee.
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- Marcus, Steven. The Other Victorians: A Study of Sexuality and Pornography in Mid-Nineteenth-Century England. New York: Basic Books, (1966)
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