Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-443) and indexes.
CONTENTS NOTE
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A christian upbringing (1647-1655) -- A classical education (1656-1659) -- Growing debauched at Oxford (1660-1661) -- The grand tour (1662-1664) -- Campaigns and engagements (1665) -- Pursuits and conquests (1666) -- Man's estate (1667) -- The king's pimp (1668-1669) -- Love raised to extremes (1669-1670) -- The quintessence of debauchery (1671) -- Sallies in the country (1671-1672) -- Sodom (1673) -- New scenes of foppery (January-June 1674) -- Dog days and masques (July-December 1674) -- Reversals and recognitions (1675) -- Livy and sickness (January-April 1676) -- Flights and disguises (May-December 1676) -- Sessions poetical and political (1677) -- Scurvy alarums (1678) -- Extremity : on all sides (1678-1679) -- An end of communion (1679-1680) -- Sapience Angelical (May-July 1680).
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Johnson wrote this generous biography - a veritable progress of a rake's rake - with enthusiasm and engaged fascination with Rochester (1647-1680) ... Johnson's forte, in addition to the extensiveness of his information, is his strong narrative sweep: this.
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Profane wit.
International Standard Book Number
9781580461702
PERSONAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Rochester, John Wilmot,1647-1680.
Rochester, John Wilmot,1647-1680.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Poets, English-- Early modern, 1500-1700, Biography.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY-- Literary.
Courts and courtiers.
POETRY-- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Poets, English-- Early modern-- Biography.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Great Britain, Court and courtiers, Biography.
Great Britain, History, Restoration, 1660-1688, Biography.