Masculinity and the Metropolis of Vice, 1550–1650
Leading authors in the field of early modern studies explore a range of bad behaviours - like binge drinking, dicing, and procuring prostitutes at barbershops - in order to challenge the notion that early modern London was a corrupt city that ruined innocent young men.
AMANDA BAILEY is Assistant Professor of English at the University of Connecticut, USA. ROZE HENTSCHELL is Associate Professor of English at Colorado State University, USA.