The Protestant whore : courtesan narrative and religious controversy in England, 1680-1750 / / Alison Conway
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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 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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