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Infamous commerce : prostitution in eighteenth-century British literature and culture /

In Infamous Commerce, Laura J. Rosenthal uses literary and historical sources to explore the meaning of prostitution from the Restoration through the eighteenth century, showing how both reformers and libertines constructed the modern meaning of sex work during this period. From Grub Street's l...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Rosenthal, Laura J. (Laura Jean), 1960-
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, [2015]
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. A "Cool State of Indifference": Mother Creswell's Academy
  • 2. The "Deluge of Depravity": Bernard Mandeville and the Reform Societies
  • 3. Whore, Turk, and Jew: Defoe's Roxana
  • 4. Fanny's Sisters: The Prostitute Narrative
  • 5. Clarissa among the Whores
  • 6. Tom Jones and the "New Vice"
  • 7. Risky Business in the South Seas and Back
  • Conclusion: Usury of the Heart
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.