| Pursuit of Pleasure Contributor(s): Rendell, Jane (Author) |
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ISBN: 0485006383 ISBN-13: 9780485006384 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC OUR PRICE: $54.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2005 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | History - General - Philosophy | Movements - Rationalism |
| Dewey: 720.820 |
| Series: Gender, Space and Architecture in Regency London |
| Physical Information: 0.55" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.82 lbs) 264 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Pursuit of Pleasure presents the figures of the rambler and the cyprian, the Eighteenth Century precursors to the Parisian flGneur and prostitute. The urban spaces traced by these figures were the clubs, sporting venues, operas, assembly rooms, street. |