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Prostitution and Eighteenth-Century Culture

by Ann Lewis, Markman Ellis

Prostitutes in literatureEnglish literature, history and criticism, 18th centuryEnglish literatureHistory and criticismProstitution in literature

"This collection of essays focuses on the variety of ways in which those involved in the sex trade--from courtesans and kept women to actresses and streetwalkers--were represented in eighteenth-century liturature and popular culture."--P. [4] of cover.

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