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Record Nr.

UNINA9910784156303321

Autore

Phil-Porney

Titolo

Bernard Mandeville's "A modest defence of publick stews" [[electronic resource] ] : prostitution and its discontents in early Georgian England / / edited with an introduction by Irwin Primer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006

ISBN

1-281-36598-X

9786611365981

1-4039-8460-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (VII, 208 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MandevilleBernard <1670-1733.>

PrimerIrwin

Disciplina

306.74/20942

Soggetti

Prostitution - Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Originally published: A modest defence of publick stews, or, An essay upon whoring, as it is now practis'd in these kingdoms / written by a layman. London : Printed by A. Moore near St. Paul's, 1724. Dedication is signed: Phil-Porney.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-203) and index.

Sommario/riassunto

In this study of Bernard Mandeville's A Modest Defence of Publick Stews , Irwin Primer breaks new ground by arguing that in addition to being an advocation for the establishment of state-regulated houses of prostitution, Mandeville's writing is also a highly polished work of literature.