Lord Rochester in the Restoration World

Essays by leading scholars explore the work, life and times of the notorious libertine poet John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester.

List of contents

1. Lord Rochester in the Restoration world: introduction Matthew C. Augustine and Steven N. Zwicker; 2. John Wilmot and the writing of 'Rochester' Jonathan Sawday; 3. From script to print: marketing Rochester Paul Davis; 4. Trading places: Lord Rochester, the Laureate, and the making of literary reputation Matthew C. Augustine; 5. Lord Rochester: a life in gossip Steven N. Zwicker; 6. Rochester and the satiric underground Nicholas von Maltzahn; 7. Rochester, the theatre, and restoration theatricality David Francis Taylor; 8. Rochester and the play of values Christopher Tilmouth; 9. Sexual and religious libertinism in Restoration England Tim Harris; 10. Sex and sovereignty in Rochester's writing Melissa E. Sanchez; 11. Rochester, Behn, and Enlightenment liberty Ros Ballaster; 12. Unfit to print: Rochester and the poetics of obscenity Tom Jones; 13. The perspective of Rochester's letters Nicholas Fisher; 14. Rochester and rhyme Tom Lockwood.

About the author

Matthew C. Augustine is Lecturer in Late Seventeenth-Century English Literature at the University of St Andrews.Steven N. Zwicker is Stanley Elkin Professor in the Humanities and Professor of English at Washington University, St Louis.

Summary

This collection of interdisciplinary essays by a team of international scholars focuses new attention on Lord Rochester's writings; on their political force and social identity, on the worlds from which they emerged and which they disclose, and not least on their unsettling aesthetic power.

Product details

• Authors: Matthew C. (University of St Andrews Augustine, Matthew C. Zwicker Augustine
• Assisted by: Matthew C Augustine (Editor), Matthew C. Augustine (Editor), Matthew C. (University of St Andrews Augustine (Editor), Augustine Matthew C. (Editor), Steven N Zwicker (Editor), Steven N. Zwicker (Editor), Steven N. (Washington University Zwicker (Editor), Zwicker Steven N. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2015
• EAN: 9781107064393
• ISBN: 978-1-107-06439-3
• No. of pages: 303
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; English, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Literary studies: general, Early modern history: c 1450/1500 to c 1700, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, C 1600 To C 1700, Literary studies: poetry and poets