Performing Libertinism in Charles II's Court: Politics, Drama, Sexuality
Jeremy Webster
Performing Libertinism in Charles II's Court: Politics, Drama, Sexuality examines the performative nature of Restoration libertinism by reading 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. Although this eruption was contained by the early 1680s, the libertine performances this book analyzes nevertheless played an important part in the history of English radicalism.
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Година:
2005
Издание:
First Edition
Издателство:
Palgrave Macmillan
Език:
english
Страници:
264
ISBN 10:
1403980284
ISBN 13:
9781403980281
Файл:
PDF, 1.35 MB
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english, 2005
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