Bernard Mandeville's "A Modest Defence of Publick Stews": Prostitution and Its Discontents in Early Georgian England

By Irwin Primer

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349533092
• ISBN13: 9781349533091
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"