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The Life of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

Autor: James William Johnson

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Editura: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

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Of the glittering, licentious court around King Charles II, John Wilmot, the second Earl of Rocheste...

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Autor

James William Johnson

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Carte broșată

Publicat

2009

Pagini

478

EAN

9781580463362

ISBN

1580463363

Enbook ID

04822751

Editura

Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Greutate

688

Dimensiuni

163 x 229 x 26

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Of the glittering, licentious court around King Charles II, John Wilmot, the second Earl of Rochester, was the most notorious. Simultaneously admired and vilified, he personified the rake-hell. Libertine, profane, promiscuous, he shocked his pious contemporaries with his doubts about religion and his blunt verses that dealt with sex or vicious satiric assaults on the high and mighty of the court. This account of Rochester and his times provides the facts behind his legendary reputation as a rake and his deathbed repentance. However, it also demonstrates that he was a loving if unfaithful husband, a devoted father, a loyal friend, a serious scholar, a social critic, and an aspiring patriot. An Emeritus professor of English at the University of Rochester, James William Johnson is the author or editor of nine books and many articles treating British and American Literature.