The Protestant whore courtesan narrative and religious controversy in England, 1680-1750 /
Conway, Alison Margaret.
The Protestant whore courtesan narrative and religious controversy in England, 1680-1750 / Alison Conway. - Toronto [Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2010. (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2010). - 1 online resource (xii, 291 pages, 8. pages of plates : illustrations, portraits)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- The invention of the Protestant whore -- 'No neuters in treason': Aphra Behn's Love-letters between a nobleman and his sister -- The secret history of women's political desire, 1690-1714 -- 'A house divided': Defoe's Roxana and the Protestant body politic -- A world of one's own: Clarissa, Tom Jones, and courtesan authority.
The Protestant Whore reveals the recurring connection between sexual impropriety and religious heterodoxy in Restoration thought, and Nell Gwyn, writ large as the nation's Protestant Whore, is shown to be a significant figure of sexual, political, and religious controversy.
9781442686915
English fiction--History and criticism.--18th century
Courtesans in literature.
Protestantism in literature.
Politics in literature.
Electronic Books.
PR437 / .P768 2010
The Protestant whore courtesan narrative and religious controversy in England, 1680-1750 / Alison Conway. - Toronto [Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2010. (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2010). - 1 online resource (xii, 291 pages, 8. pages of plates : illustrations, portraits)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction -- The invention of the Protestant whore -- 'No neuters in treason': Aphra Behn's Love-letters between a nobleman and his sister -- The secret history of women's political desire, 1690-1714 -- 'A house divided': Defoe's Roxana and the Protestant body politic -- A world of one's own: Clarissa, Tom Jones, and courtesan authority.
The Protestant Whore reveals the recurring connection between sexual impropriety and religious heterodoxy in Restoration thought, and Nell Gwyn, writ large as the nation's Protestant Whore, is shown to be a significant figure of sexual, political, and religious controversy.
9781442686915
English fiction--History and criticism.--18th century
Courtesans in literature.
Protestantism in literature.
Politics in literature.
Electronic Books.
PR437 / .P768 2010