Conway, Alison Margaret. <br/><br/>
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) 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781442686915 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English fiction--History and criticism.--18th century<br/>Courtesans in literature.<br/>Protestantism in literature.<br/>Politics in literature.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR437  / .P768 2010