03539nam 2200721Ia 450 991045112100332120200520144314.01-281-36844-X97866113684491-4039-8028-410.1057/9781403980281(CKB)1000000000342809(EBL)308027(OCoLC)560464269(SSID)ssj0000219886(PQKBManifestationID)11176382(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000219886(PQKBWorkID)10247760(PQKB)11562185(DE-He213)978-1-4039-8028-1(MiAaPQ)EBC308027(Au-PeEL)EBL308027(CaPaEBR)ebr10135505(CaONFJC)MIL136844(EXLCZ)99100000000034280920041123d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPerforming libertinism in Charles II's court[electronic resource] politics, drama, sexuality /Jeremy W. Webster1st ed.New York Palgrave Macmillan20051 online resource (262 p.)Based on the author's thesis (doctoral, University of Tennesee).1-349-52993-1 1-4039-6719-9 Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-243) and index.Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1 Performing Libertinism: An Introduction; 2 Producing Libertine Politics: The Rehearsal; 3 Staging Libertine Conduct: Love in a Wood, The Gentleman Dancing-Master, and The Country Wife; 4 Scripting Libertine Tricksters: The Man of Mode and The Plain Dealer; 5 Enacting Libertine Isolation: Antony and Cleopatra and The Tragedy of Valentinian; 6 Censuring Libertine Sexuality: Sodom; 7 Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; IndexPerforming Libertinism in Charles II's Court examines the performative nature of Restoration libertinism through reports of libertine activities and texts of libertine plays within the context of the fraternization between George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, Sir Charles Sedley, Sir George Etherege, and William Wycherley. Webster argues that libertines, both real and imagined, performed traditionally secretive acts, including excessive drinking, sex, sedition, and sacrilege, in the public sphere. This eruption of the private into the public challenged a Stuart ideology that distinguished between the nation's public life and the king's and his subjects' private consciences.English dramaRestoration, 1660-1700History and criticismLibertinism in literaturePolitics and literatureGreat BritainHistory17th centurySex in literatureGreat BritainCourt and courtiersHistory17th centuryGreat BritainPolitics and government1660-1688Electronic books.English dramaHistory and criticism.Libertinism in literature.Politics and literatureHistorySex in literature.822.409353822/.409353Webster Jeremy W957007Ohio University Faculty Authors Collection.English.MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451121003321Performing libertinism in Charles II's court2167399UNINA