Includes bibliographical references (p. [179]-192) and index.
Contents:
Introduction: Classical and early modern counterparts -- "Foul disease" on the English stage -- Travellers and the sex trade in early modern London -- In between renaissance sheets: making contact -- Courtesan culture in Kyd, Marlowe And Heywood -- Shakespeares, the Clerkenwell madam and Rose flower -- Vanishing tricks: Dekker, Marston and Middleton.
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