Infamous Commerce : : Prostitution in Eighteenth-Century British Literature and Culture / / Laura J. Rosenthal.
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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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2015] ©2015 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (288 p.) :; 1 halftone |
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Table of Contents:
- 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