A profane wit : the life of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
Johnson, James William, 1927-2008
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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, 2008.
Collation:
x, 467 p. : ill., ports. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2004.Transferred to digital printing.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781580463362 (pbk)
Dewey class:
821.4R821.4ROC
Local class:
821.4
Language:
English
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BRN:
36615