Whore Biographies is a two-part collection of selected texts focused on eighteenth-century sexuality and prostitution. The texts include autobiographies and biographies of courtesans, directories of whores, erotic poems dedicated to harlots, jocular descriptions of prostitutes and jest books on strumpets. The collection provides a useful resource for the study of sexuality, gender, women's studies and the literature and history of the eighteenth century.
- ISBN10 1851968075
- ISBN13 9781851968077
- Publish Date 1 January 2007
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Imprint Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 1712
- Language English