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- A Profane Wit
- Publication Name
- A Profane Wit
- Title
- A Profane Wit
- Subtitle
- The Life of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 1580463363
- EAN
- 9781580463362
- ISBN
- 9781580463362
- Publisher
- University of Rochester Press
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, History
- Topic
- Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), Poetry, Literary, Europe / Great Britain / General, Historical, Modern / 17th Century
- Release Date
- 30/11/2009
- Release Year
- 2009
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 1in
- Item Length
- 9in
- Item Weight
- 23.8 Oz
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Type
- Textbook
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 478 Pages
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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 aspiringpatriot. 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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Publisher
University of Rochester Press
ISBN-10
1580463363
ISBN-13
9781580463362
eBay Product ID (ePID)
72563426
Product Key Features
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Europe / Great Britain / Stuart Era (1603-1714), Poetry, Literary, Europe / Great Britain / General, Historical, Modern / 17th Century
Publication Year
2009
Type
Textbook
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Literary Criticism, History
Number of Pages
478 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
23.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pr3669.R2j65 2009
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Johnson (emer., University of Rochester) 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 is an exciting biography. Highly Recommended. --CHOICE Within the last five years there have been two other new biographies of the poet and courtier, both oriented towards a more general reader than is implied here. However, any reader would be advised to choose Johnson's as the most authoritative account to date. . . . An additional strength of this biography is the way in which it uncovers so much more than an individual life. Interwoven with Rochester's fortunes are those of King and country, court and parliament and a huge array of other personalities. --ENGLISH: THE JOURNAL OF THE ENGLISH ASSOCIATION A life of Rochester could not be better done. It is a biography not only for the scholar, replete with footnotes, references and bibliography, but also for the reader, being written in an easy style with learning lightly worn... A fine biography unlikely to be bettered in the foreseeable future. --THE PRESS (New Zealand), Johnson (emer., University of Rochester) 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 is an exciting biography. Highly Recommended. --CHOICE Within the last five years there have been two other new biographies of the poet and courtier, both oriented towards a more general reader than is implied here. However, any reader would be advised to choose Johnson's as the most authoritative account to date. . . . An additional strength of this biography is the way in which it uncovers so much more than an individual life. Interwoven with Rochester's fortunes are those of King and country, court and parliament and a huge array of other personalities. --ENGLISH: THE JOURNAL OF THE ENGLISH ASSOCIATION A life of Rochester could not be better done. It is a biography not only for the scholar, replete with footnotes, references and bibliography, but also for the reader, being written in an easy style with learning lightly worn... A fine biography unlikely to be bettered in the foreseeable future. --THE PRESS (New Zealand)ootnotes, references and bibliography, but also for the reader, being written in an easy style with learning lightly worn... A fine biography unlikely to be bettered in the foreseeable future. --THE PRESS (New Zealand)ootnotes, references and bibliography, but also for the reader, being written in an easy style with learning lightly worn... A fine biography unlikely to be bettered in the foreseeable future. --THE PRESS (New Zealand)ootnotes, references and bibliography, but also for the reader, being written in an easy style with learning lightly worn... A fine biography unlikely to be bettered in the foreseeable future. --THE PRESS (New Zealand)
Publication Name
Profane Wit : the Life of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
Table of Content
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)
Copyright Date
2009
Dewey Decimal
821/.4 B
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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