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Libertines and radicals in early modern London : sexuality, politics, and literary culture, 1630-1685
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Libertines and radicals in early modern London : sexuality, politics, and literary culture, 1630-1685

Author: James Turner
Publisher: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
Edition/Format: Book : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: James Turner
ISBN: 0521782791 9780521782791
OCLC Number: 46683521
Description: xxii, 343 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: Illustrations -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Pornographia and the markings of prostitution: an introduction -- Ceremonies of abjection: sex, politics, and the disorderly subculture -- 'The posture of a free state': political pornography and the 'commonwealth of women' 1640-1660 -- The wandering whore's return: the carnivalization of sexuality in the early restoration -- Monstrous assemblies: bawdy-house riots, 'libertine libels', and the royal mistress -- 'Making yourself a beast': upper-class riot and inversionary wit in the age of Rochester -- Epilogue: 'in Bathsheba's embraces old': Pornographia Rediviva at the close of Charles II's reign -- Notes -- Index.
Responsibility: James Grantham Turner.
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