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Autore: |
Conway Alison Margaret
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Titolo: |
The Protestant whore : courtesan narrative and religious controversy in England, 1680-1750 / / Alison Conway
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Pubblicazione: | Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2010 |
©2010 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (312 p.) |
Disciplina: | 823.409/353 |
Soggetto topico: | English fiction - Early modern, 1500-1700 - History and criticism |
English fiction - 18th century - History and criticism | |
Courtesans in literature | |
Protestantism in literature | |
Politics in literature | |
Note generali: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction -- The invention of the Protestant whore -- 'No neuters in treason': Aphra Behn's Love-letters between a nobleman and his sister -- The secret history of women's political desire, 1690-1714 -- 'A house divided': Defoe's Roxana and the Protestant body politic -- A world of one's own: Clarissa, Tom Jones, and courtesan authority. |
Sommario/riassunto: | The Protestant Whore reveals the recurring connection between sexual impropriety and religious heterodoxy in Restoration thought, and Nell Gwyn, writ large as the nation's Protestant Whore, is shown to be a significant figure of sexual, political, and religious controversy. |
Titolo autorizzato: | The Protestant whore ![]() |
ISBN: | 1-4426-9861-6 |
1-4426-8691-X | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910791662403321 |
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