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The Life of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

Autor: James William Johnson

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Oprawa: Miękka

Wydawca: Boydell & Brewer Ltd

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

Informacje o książce

Autor

James William Johnson

Język

Angielski

Oprawa

Książka - Miękka

Data wydania

2009

strony

478

EAN

9781580463362

ISBN

1580463363

Enbook ID

04822751

Wydawca

Boydell & Brewer Ltd

Waga

688

Wymiary

163 x 229 x 26

Pełny opis

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.