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Pages : 184
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The Polite Road to an Estate, Or, Fornication One Great Source of Wealth and Pleasure
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Pages : 184
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Infamous Commerce
Author: Laura J. Rosenthal
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801454344
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 405
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In Infamous Commerce, Laura J. Rosenthal uses literature 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 lurid "whore biographies" to the period's most acclaimed novels, the prostitute was depicted as facing a choice between abject poverty and some form of sex work. Prostitution, in Rosenthal's view, confronted the core controversies of eighteenth-century capitalism: luxury, desire, global trade, commodification, social mobility, gender identity, imperialism, self-ownership, alienation, and even the nature of work itself. In the context of extensive research into printed accounts of both male and female prostitution—among them sermons, popular prostitute biographies, satire, pornography, brothel guides, reformist writing, and travel narratives—Rosenthal offers in-depth readings of Samuel Richardson's Clarissa and Pamela and the responses to the latter novel (including Eliza Haywood's Anti-Pamela), Bernard Mandeville's defenses of prostitution, Daniel Defoe's Roxana, Henry Fielding's Tom Jones, and travel journals about the voyages of Captain Cook to the South Seas. Throughout, Rosenthal considers representations of the prostitute's own sexuality (desire, revulsion, etc.) to be key parts of the changing meaning of "the oldest profession."
Publisher: Cornell University Press
ISBN: 0801454344
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 405
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In Infamous Commerce, Laura J. Rosenthal uses literature 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 lurid "whore biographies" to the period's most acclaimed novels, the prostitute was depicted as facing a choice between abject poverty and some form of sex work. Prostitution, in Rosenthal's view, confronted the core controversies of eighteenth-century capitalism: luxury, desire, global trade, commodification, social mobility, gender identity, imperialism, self-ownership, alienation, and even the nature of work itself. In the context of extensive research into printed accounts of both male and female prostitution—among them sermons, popular prostitute biographies, satire, pornography, brothel guides, reformist writing, and travel narratives—Rosenthal offers in-depth readings of Samuel Richardson's Clarissa and Pamela and the responses to the latter novel (including Eliza Haywood's Anti-Pamela), Bernard Mandeville's defenses of prostitution, Daniel Defoe's Roxana, Henry Fielding's Tom Jones, and travel journals about the voyages of Captain Cook to the South Seas. Throughout, Rosenthal considers representations of the prostitute's own sexuality (desire, revulsion, etc.) to be key parts of the changing meaning of "the oldest profession."
Through the Keyhole
Author: Susan C. Law
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750964510
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317
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Scandal existed long before celebrity gossip columns, often hidden behind the closed doors of the Georgian aristocracy. But secrets were impossible to keep in a household of servants who listened at walls and spied through keyholes. The early mass media pounced on these juicy tales of adultery, eager to cash in on the public appetite for sensation and expose the shocking moral corruption of the establishment. Drawing on a rich collection of original and often outrageous sources, this book brings vividly to life stories of infidelity in high places – passionate, scandalous, poignant and tragic. It reveals how the flood of print detailing sordid sexual intrigues created a national outcry and made people question whether the nobility was fit to rule. Susan C. Law is a journalist and historian. Her work has been published in a wide range of newspapers and magazines, including The Times Higher Education Supplement, BBC History Magazine and London Evening Standard. Dr Law completed her PhD in History at Warwick University, and has spent many years researching the 18th and 19th century aristocracy, servants, family life and country houses.
Publisher: The History Press
ISBN: 0750964510
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 317
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Scandal existed long before celebrity gossip columns, often hidden behind the closed doors of the Georgian aristocracy. But secrets were impossible to keep in a household of servants who listened at walls and spied through keyholes. The early mass media pounced on these juicy tales of adultery, eager to cash in on the public appetite for sensation and expose the shocking moral corruption of the establishment. Drawing on a rich collection of original and often outrageous sources, this book brings vividly to life stories of infidelity in high places – passionate, scandalous, poignant and tragic. It reveals how the flood of print detailing sordid sexual intrigues created a national outcry and made people question whether the nobility was fit to rule. Susan C. Law is a journalist and historian. Her work has been published in a wide range of newspapers and magazines, including The Times Higher Education Supplement, BBC History Magazine and London Evening Standard. Dr Law completed her PhD in History at Warwick University, and has spent many years researching the 18th and 19th century aristocracy, servants, family life and country houses.
Bibliography of the Eighteenth-century Holdings of the Institute for Sex Research Library
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Category : Erotic literature
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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Category : Erotic literature
Languages : en
Pages : 34
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The British Museum Catalogue of Printed Books, 1881-1900
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 782
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 782
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Catalogue of the Printed Books in the Library of the British Museum
Author: British Library
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Languages : en
Pages : 782
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Pages : 782
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An Index to Microform Collections
Author: Ann Niles
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Meckler Pub.
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Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 928
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Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Meckler Pub.
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Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 928
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The Scots Magazine, Or, General Repository of Literature, History, and Politics
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 740
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 740
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Reading Sex in the Eighteenth Century
Author: Karen Harvey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521822350
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521822350
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 284
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The London Chronicle
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Languages : en
Pages : 636
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Languages : en
Pages : 636
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