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The Hellfire Clubs /
The Hell-Fire Clubs scandalized eighteenth-century English society. Rumors of their orgies, recruitment of prostitutes, extensive libraries of erotica, extreme rituals, and initiation ceremonies circulated widely at the time, only to become more sensational as generations passed. This thoroughly res...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New Haven, CT :
Yale University Press,
[2010]
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- List of Illustrations
- The Hell-Fire Clubs Time Line
- Introduction
- 1. Prelude to the Fires of Hell
- 2. Gentlemen's Clubs, Journalistic Hacks, the Mohocks and Change
- 3. The Hell-Fire Clubs
- 4. Interlude Abroad: The Grand Tour, Dilettanti and Divans
- 5. The Medmenham Friars
- 6. Essay on Woman: The Friars Exposed
- 7. Public Men and Private Vices
- 8. Scotland and the Fires of Hell
- 9. Beefsteaks, Demoniacs, Dalkey and Colonial America
- Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index