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''The Pearl, A Magazine of Facetiae and Voluptuous Reading'' was a pornographic monthly magazine issued for 18 months in London by William Lazenby from July 1879 to December 1880, with two Christmas supplements; it was closed down by the authorities for publishing obscene literature. Lazenby followed it with ''The Oyster'' (1883) and ''The Boudoir''.〔Vance Randolph, "Unprintable Ozark Folksongs and Folklore: Blow the candle out", Volume 2 of Roll Me in Your Arms: Unprintable Ozark Folksongs and Folklore, ed. Gershon Legman, University of Arkansas Press, 1992, ISBN 1-55728-237-4, p.898〕 The general format of the magazine was to publish three serial erotic tales simultaneously, devoted to sex in high society, incest and flagellation, respectively, interspersed with obscene parodies, poems and limericks.〔Donald Thomas, "A Long Time Burning", Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1969, p.276〕 The publisher William Lazenby also wrote some of the contents.〔Lisa Z. Sigel, "International exposure: perspectives on modern European pornography, 1800-2000", Rutgers University Press, 2005, ISBN 0-8135-3519-0, pp.64,73-74〕 Some of the poems are thought to have been written by Algernon Charles Swinburne.〔Frank Bates, "Corporal Punishment in Legal, Historical and Social Context", Manitoba Law Journal 12 (1982-1983) 337〕〔Donald Serrell Thomas, "Swinburne, the poet in his world", Oxford University Press, 1979, ISBN 0-19-520136-1, p.216〕〔Thomas S. Weinberg "S & M: studies in dominance & submission", Prometheus Book, 1995, ISBN 0-87975-978-X, p.226〕 The format of the magazine can be seen as a parody of contemporary magazines aimed at the family market. ''The Pearl'' contains "My Grandmother's Tale", the first pornographic story based on slavery in the American South.〔 In Australia in 2011 a man was convicted for possession of ''The Pearl'' due to the presence of "child exploitation material". However the conviction was set aside on appeal. ==Rhymes, songs and parodies== ''The Pearl'' published limericks under the label 'Nursery Rhymes'. The heading is facetious, as their content would certainly not be appropriate for the nursery. The following example was included in ''The Pearl'', Issue Nº 1, July 1879. :There was a young man from Peru, :Who had nothing whatever to do; ::So he took out his carrot ::And he buggered his parrot, :And sent the result to the zoo. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Pearl (magazine)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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