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The Protestant Whore : Courtesan Narrative and Religious Controversy in England, 1680-1750 /

The Protestant Whore reveals the recurring connection between sexual impropriety and religious heterodoxy in Restoration thought, and Nell Gwyn, writ large as the nation's Protestant Whore, is shown to be a significant figure of sexual, political, and religious controversy.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Conway, Alison (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, 2010
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The invention of the Protestant whore
  • 'No neuters in treason': Aphra Behn's Love-letters between a nobleman and his sister
  • The secret history of women's political desire, 1690-1714
  • 'A house divided': Defoe's Roxana and the Protestant body politic
  • A world of one's own: Clarissa, Tom Jones, and courtesan authority.