A Profane Wit: The Life of John Wilmot, Earl of RochesterUniversity Rochester Press, 2004 - 467 pages A biography of the poet and libertine the Earl of Rochester. 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, heshocked 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. |
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Table des matières
The Rochester Legends | 1 |
A Christian Upbringing 16471655 | 6 |
A Classical Education 16561659 | 21 |
Growing Debauched at Oxford 16601661 | 28 |
The Grand Tour 16621664 | 40 |
Campaigns and Engagements 1665 | 55 |
Pursuits and Conquests 1666 | 76 |
Mans Estate 1667 | 90 |
Flights and Disguises MayDecember 1676 | 245 |
Sessions Poetical and Political 1677 | 262 |
Scurvy Alarums 1678 | 281 |
Extremity on All Sides 16781679 | 295 |
An End of Communion 16791680 | 312 |
Sapience Angelical MayJuly 1680 | 327 |
Afterwards | 344 |
Genealogical Charts | 353 |
The Kings Pimp 16681669 | 103 |
Love Raised to Extremes 16691670 | 119 |
The Quintessence of Debauchery 1671 | 136 |
Sallies in the Country 16711672 | 151 |
Sodom 1673 | 164 |
New Scenes of Foppery JanuaryJune 1674 | 182 |
Dog Days and Masques JulyDecember 1674 | 199 |
Reversals and Recognitions 1675 | 212 |
Livy and Sickness JanuaryApril 1676 | 227 |
A LeeSt John | 354 |
B Wilmot | 355 |
Bertie | 356 |
Stuart | 357 |
Notes | 359 |
Bibliography | 428 |
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460 | |
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