Format:
1 online resource (263 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9780567405364
Note:
Intro -- Contents -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1: The Pursuit of Pleasure -- The Pursuit of Theoretical Pleasure: 'Women on the Market' -- The Pursuit of Historical Pleasure: Life in London -- Chapter 2: Life in London -- Life in London: The Rambler as Reader -- The Pursuit of Pleasure: Ramblers and Cyprians -- Mobility: The Rambler as Corinthian -- Visuality: The Rambler as Dandy -- Mobility: The Cyprian as Female Rambler -- Visuality: The Cyprian as Female Spectacle -- Chapter 3: The Clubs of St James's - Public Patriarchy -- The Clubhouse: Male Domesticity in the City -- The Bow Window: Displaying Exclusivity -- 'Sanctum Sanctorium': The Secret Space of Gambling -- Chapter 4: Almack's Assembly Rooms - Exchanging Property -- Assembly Rooms: 'Matrimonial Bazaars' -- Almack's: 'Seventh Heaven' -- Waltzing: 'An Obscene Display' -- Masquerade: 'Events Immoral' -- Chapter 5: The Italian Opera House - Exchanging Looks -- The Italian Opera House: 'Modern Ornament to the Metropolis' -- Foyers, Lobbies, Saloons: 'Ladies of Saloon Notoriety' -- The Auditorium: 'To See and be Seen' -- Boxes: 'Seductive Lures' -- 'Fop's Alley': 'Meetings and Greetings' -- Omnibus Boxes: 'Operatic Cognoscenti' -- The Stage: 'What a Foot, Leg and Thigh!' -- Green Room: 'Studying Nature' -- Chapter 6: Life in and out of London -- Disorderly Bodies and Spaces: Mobility -- Disorderly Bodies and Spaces: Visuality -- From Life in London to Finish ... Life in and out of London -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
Additional Edition:
Print version Rendell, Jane Pursuit of Pleasure London : Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,c2001 ISBN 9780485004144
Language:
English
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