Libertines and Radicals in Early Modern London: Sexuality, Politics and Literary Culture, 1630-1685

by James Grantham Turner

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This study analyzes English sexual culture between the Civil Wars and the death of Charles II in unprecedented detail. James Grantham Turner examines a broad range of Civil War and Restoration texts, from sex-crime records to Milton's epics and Rochester's mannerly obscene lyrics. Throughout, he interprets satirical texts, whether political or pornographic, as an attempt to neutralize women's efforts to establish their own institutions and voice...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0521782791

ISBN13:9780521782791

Release Date:December 2001

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:368 Pages

Weight:1.38 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"

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