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Nightwalkers - Prostitute Narratives from the Eighteenth Century (Paperback)
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Nightwalkers - Prostitute Narratives from the Eighteenth Century (Paperback)
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This anthology makes available for the first time a selection of
narratives by and about prostitutes in the eighteenth century.
These memoirs, some written by and some about eighteenth-century
prostitutes, offer important insights into female experience and
class and gender roles in the period. Portraying the lives of women
in both success and hardship, written in voices ranging from
repentant to bawdy, the memoirs show the complexity of the lives of
the "nightwalkers." For eighteenth-century readers, as Laura
Rosenthal writes in her introduction, these memoirs "offered
sensual and sentimental journeys, glimpses into high life and low
life, and relentless confrontations with the explosive power of
money and the vulnerability of those without it." Offering a range
of narratives from the conservative and reformist to the
unabashedly libertine, this book provides a fascinating alternative
look into eighteenth-century culture.
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