Mary Peace: 1 book
Changing Sentiments and the Magdalen Hospital
Luxury, Virtue and the Senses in Eighteenth-Century Culture
Language: English
Release Date: November 25, 2016
This book charts the complex ideological territory of eighteenth-century sentimental discourse through the uniquely revealing lens of the London Magdalen Hospital for Penitent Prostitutes. The establishment of the London Magdalen House in 1758 is read as the cultural high watermark of sentimental...
