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Sexual Freedom in Restoration Literature

by Warren Chernaik

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Synopses & Reviews

Publisher Comments:

The pursuit of sexual freedom and its political, philosophical and practical implications are the themes of this wide-ranging new study of seventeenth-century literature. The author examines the writers of the later seventeenth century in their historical context, and focuses particularly on what happens when women, as well as men, desire sexual freedom. In a study of the writings of the Earl of Rochester, notorious for their sexual candor, and of Aphra Behn, most controversial woman of her day, the author explores the tensions inherent in the ideology of individual liberty in the conduct of sexual relations inside and outside marriage.

Review:

"In considering the role of women in the social contract or, more pointedly, what happens when women as well as men desire sexual freedom, this book raises some important issues about the quest for sexual and social equality in the seventeenth century whilst providing much original and authoritative material on the literature of the period." Sixteenth Century Journal

Synopsis:

Sexual freedom and ideology explored in the works of seventeenth-century English literature.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780521464970
Author:
Chernaik, Warren
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Location:
Cambridge ;
Subject:
Great britain
Subject:
History
Subject:
English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Subject:
Gender Studies
Subject:
English literature
Subject:
Literature and society
Subject:
Libertines in literature
Subject:
Liberty in literature.
Subject:
English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700 -- History and criticism.
Subject:
Great Britain History Restoration, 1660-1688.
Subject:
English literature -- Early modern, 1500-1700.
Subject:
Sex customs in literature.
Subject:
Literature and society -- England -- History -- 17th century.
Subject:
English literature - Early modern, 1500-
Subject:
Great Britain - History - Restoration, 1660-
Series Volume:
no. 11
Publication Date:
March 1995
Binding:
Hardcover
Grade Level:
Professional and scholarly
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Yes
Pages:
284
Dimensions:
9.27x6.28x.84 in. 1.11 lbs.

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