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

Name: A Profane Wit: The Life of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
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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 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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Brand: University of Rochester Press
Format: hardcover
ASIN: 1580461700
Category: Books > Subjects > Biography > British Royalty
Domain: Amazon UK
Release Date: 01 November 2004
Listed Since: 08 December 2006

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