1st Edition

Whore Biographies, 1700-1825, Part I Vol 1

By Julie Peakman Copyright 2007
    426 Pages
    by Routledge

    Focuses on autobiographies and biographies of courtesans, directories of whores, erotic poems dedicated to harlots, jocular descriptions of prostitutes and jest books on strumpets. These provide sources for the study of sexuality, gender, women's studies and the literature and history of the eighteenth century.

    Biography

    Julie Peakman