A profane wit : the life of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
Johnson, James William, 1927-2004
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This work is a biography of the poet and libertine the Earl of Rochester. John Wilmot, the second Earl was infamous in his day as much for his often-explicit verse as for his shockingly unconventional ideas and lifestyle, which soon became the stuff of legend, obscuring the reality of his life and work.
Main title:
A profane wit : the life of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester / James William Johnson.
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Imprint:
Rochester, N.Y. : University of Rochester Press ; Woodbridge : Boydell & Brewer [distributor], 2004.
Collation:
x, 467 p. : ill., ports. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 428-443) and index.
ISBN:
9781580461702 (hbk)
Language:
English
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BRN:
840782
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