Alison Conway is Professor of English and Cultural Studies, and of Gender and Women's Studies, at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan.

'[Conway] provides detailed readings of novels by Aphra Behn, Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson, and Henry Fielding in context with contemporary narratives on the reception of royal mistresses. The result is a fresh look at the ways in which notions of whoredom were invoked during this period to illustrate crises of cultural conscience and to critique government ... On the whole, Conway takes what on the surface seems a rather simple concept, that of the Protestant whore, and elegantly unravels the political and religious discourses embedded within this figure in these novels.' - Julie D. Campbell, Times Higher Education, 5 August 2010 'Conway examines early English novels with the intent to uncover the "dangers and delights of Restoration culture" through the courtesan politics of sex after the 1660 restoration of English monarchy ... Conway sheds new light on this period and the women who affected courtesan politics and sparked anxiety amongst the masses.' - Book News, August 2010 (25:3)

Alison Conway is Professor of English and Cultural Studies, and of Gender and Women's Studies, at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan.

'[Conway] provides detailed readings of novels by Aphra Behn, Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson, and Henry Fielding in context with contemporary narratives on the reception of royal mistresses. The result is a fresh look at the ways in which notions of whoredom were invoked during this period to illustrate crises of cultural conscience and to critique government ... On the whole, Conway takes what on the surface seems a rather simple concept, that of the Protestant whore, and elegantly unravels the political and religious discourses embedded within this figure in these novels.' - Julie D. Campbell, Times Higher Education, 5 August 2010 'Conway examines early English novels with the intent to uncover the "dangers and delights of Restoration culture" through the courtesan politics of sex after the 1660 restoration of English monarchy ... Conway sheds new light on this period and the women who affected courtesan politics and sparked anxiety amongst the masses.' - Book News, August 2010 (25:3)

Alison Conway is Professor of English and Cultural Studies, and of Gender and Women's Studies, at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan.

'[Conway] provides detailed readings of novels by Aphra Behn, Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson, and Henry Fielding in context with contemporary narratives on the reception of royal mistresses. The result is a fresh look at the ways in which notions of whoredom were invoked during this period to illustrate crises of cultural conscience and to critique government ... On the whole, Conway takes what on the surface seems a rather simple concept, that of the Protestant whore, and elegantly unravels the political and religious discourses embedded within this figure in these novels.' - Julie D. Campbell, Times Higher Education, 5 August 2010 'Conway examines early English novels with the intent to uncover the "dangers and delights of Restoration culture" through the courtesan politics of sex after the 1660 restoration of English monarchy ... Conway sheds new light on this period and the women who affected courtesan politics and sparked anxiety amongst the masses.' - Book News, August 2010 (25:3)