Includes bibliographical references (pages 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.
