LEADER 03994nam 2200649 450 001 9910463686803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8014-5435-2 024 7 $a10.7591/9780801454356 035 $a(CKB)2670000000602283 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001461020 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12576958 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001461020 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11470049 035 $a(PQKB)11698438 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4392770 035 $a(OCoLC)905691272 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse46809 035 $a(DE-B1597)478365 035 $a(OCoLC)905902785 035 $a(OCoLC)979880925 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780801454356 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4392770 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11352661 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000602283 100 $a20170309h20062006 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aInfamous commerce $eprostitution in eighteenth-century British literature and culture /$fLaura J. Rosenthal 210 1$aIthaca, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cCornell University Press,$d2006. 210 4$dİ2006 215 $a1 online resource (283 pages) $cillustrations 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8014-4404-7 311 $a1-336-20810-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tContents --$tAcknowledgments --$tIntroduction --$t1. A "Cool State of Indifference": Mother Creswell's Academy --$t2. The "Deluge of Depravity": Bernard Mandeville and the Reform Societies --$t3. Whore, Turk, and Jew: Defoe's Roxana --$t4. Fanny's Sisters: The Prostitute Narrative --$t5. Clarissa among the Whores --$t6. Tom Jones and the "New Vice" --$t7. Risky Business in the South Seas and Back --$tConclusion: Usury of the Heart --$tNotes --$tBibliography --$tIndex 330 $aIn 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 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." 606 $aEnglish literature$y18th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aProstitutes in literature 606 $aProstitution$zGreat Britain$xHistory$y18th century 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aEnglish literature$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aProstitutes in literature. 615 0$aProstitution$xHistory 676 $a820.9/3552 700 $aRosenthal$b Laura J$g(Laura Jean),$f1960-$01055138 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463686803321 996 $aInfamous commerce$92488307 997 $aUNINA