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A Profane Wit: The Life of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
A Profane Wit The Life of John Wilmot Earl of Rochester
Author: James William Johnson
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, he shocked his pious contemporaries with his doubts about religion and his blunt verses that dealt with sex or vicious s...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781580463362
ISBN-10: 1580463363
Publication Date: 11/30/2009
Pages: 478
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Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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