ISBN:
1403971676
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1403971668
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (vi, 208 p)
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24 cm
Edition:
1st ed
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Uniform Title:
Modest defence of publick stews
Parallel Title:
Print version Bernard Mandeville's "A Modest Defence of Publick Stews" : Prostitution and Its Discontents in Early Georgian England
DDC:
306.74/20942
Keywords:
Prostitution
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Prostitution ; Great Britain
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Electronic books
Abstract:
A study of Bernard Mandeville's "A Modest Defence of Publick Stews". Here, the author argues 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
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Notes on the Text; From The Fable of the Bees, Remark (H.); From The Fable of the Bees, Remarks (N.); A Modest Defence of Publick Stews; Notes to the Title Page; A Modest Defence, &c.; "Answer"; From A Collection of Chirurgical Tracts; Regulated stews, recommended (1). [An anonymous article from The Gentleman's Magazine, 1749; Regulated stews, recommended (2). [From (Anonymous), Reflections Arising from the Immorality of the Present Age (1756).]; Commentaries; The Text of the First Edition, 1724A; Bibliography; Index
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-203) and index
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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
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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