Bernard Mandeville's "A modest defence of publick stews" : prostitution and its discontents in early Georgian England
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Bernard Mandeville's "A modest defence of publick stews" : prostitution and its discontents in early Georgian England
Palgrave Macmillan, 2006
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Modest defence of publick stews
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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
Includes bibliographical references (p. [191]-203) and index
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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.
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Acknowledgements Editor's Introduction PART I: TEXTS Mandeville's Fable of the Bees , Remark (H.), (1714) Fable of the Bees , from Remark (N.) (added, 1723) A Modest Defence of Publick Stews (1724B edition) The 'Answer' (from A Modest Defence ..., 1725) From A Collection of Chirurgical Tracts (1740) Regulated Stews, Recommended (1): An anonymous article from The Gentlemen's Magazine , col. 19 (July 1749), pp. 314-15 Regulated Stews, Recommended (2): Anonymous [from] Reflections Arising from the Immorality of the Present Age ...(London, Printed for M. Cooper...1756) PART II: COMMENTARIES Audience Anonymity and the Question of Authorship Early Critics of A Modest Defence Some Twentieth-Century Views on A Modest Defence Some Modern Translations Prostitution: The Modern Debate Mandeville's Language of Sexuality The "Low" in Society and Literature Economic Aspects of A Modest Defence Marriage Contexts of the Law A Note on the Apologia pro Lena by George Buchanan PART III: TEXT OF THE FIRST EDITION, 1724A Bibliography Index
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