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"Performing Libertinism is a well-written and thoroughly researched study that makes a genuine contribution to our understanding of libertinism at the Stuart court between 1660 and 1685. By discussing the performative aspect of the lives and literary careers of figures such as Rochester, Buckingham, Etherege, and Wycherley, Professor Webster offers an original and useful analysis of the ways in which the theater, politics, and social life intersect in the 1660s and 1670s. In emphasizing the complex ways in which libertine literature both challenged and reinforced the sociopolitical prerogatives of the court, Professor Webster has written an important study that will be required reading for scholars in the field." - Robert Markley, University of Illinois
"Webster shows how the libertine was gradually pushed from the center of court life to the margins, and he explains why King Charles may have felt it necessary to distance himself from these men who had been his friends. This is a fascinating study that helps to make sense of one of the most challenging periods of English dramatic history. I think it will transform our understanding of the libertine and explain the contradictions that have confounded scholars for so long." - George Haggerty, University of California, Riverside
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Book Title: Performing Libertinism in Charles II's Court
Book Subtitle: Politics, Drama, Sexuality
Authors: Jeremy W. Webster
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9781403980281
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2005
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4039-6719-0Published: 11 August 2005
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-52993-3Published: 09 November 2015
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4039-8028-1Published: 05 August 2005
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 251
Topics: British and Irish Literature, Nineteenth-Century Literature, History of Britain and Ireland, Fiction, European History, History of Early Modern Europe