A Profane Wit : The Life of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester /

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Johnson wrote this generous biography - a veritable progress of a rake's rake - with enthusiasm and engaged fascination with Rochester (1647-1680) ... Johnson's forte, in addition to the extensiveness of his information, is his strong narrative sweep: this.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Johnson, James William, 1927-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2004.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Rochester, John Wilmot, > Earl of, > 1647-1680.
Poets, English > Early modern > Biography.
Courts and courtiers.
POETRY > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
Poets, English > Early modern, 1500-1700 > Biography.
Great Britain.
Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 1660-1688 (Restauration) > Biographies.
Great Britain > Court and courtiers > Biography.
Great Britain > History > Restoration, 1660-1688 > Biography.
Biographies.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • A christian upbringing (1647-1655)
  • A classical education (1656-1659)
  • Growing debauched at Oxford (1660-1661)
  • The grand tour (1662-1664)
  • Campaigns and engagements (1665)
  • Pursuits and conquests (1666)
  • Man's estate (1667)
  • The king's pimp (1668-1669)
  • Love raised to extremes (1669-1670)
  • The quintessence of debauchery (1671)
  • Sallies in the country (1671-1672)
  • Sodom (1673)
  • New scenes of foppery (January-June 1674)
  • Dog days and masques (July-December 1674)
  • Reversals and recognitions (1675)
  • Livy and sickness (January-April 1676)
  • Flights and disguises (May-December 1676)
  • Sessions poetical and political (1677)
  • Scurvy alarums (1678)
  • Extremity : on all sides (1678-1679)
  • An end of communion (1679-1680)
  • Sapience Angelical (May-July 1680).

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