The Protestant whore courtesan narrative and religious controversy in England, 1680-1750 / Alison Conway.

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Conway, Alison Margaret [Author]

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Toronto [Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2010.; (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2010).Description: 1 online resource (xii, 291 pages, 8. pages of plates : illustrations, portraits)Content type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781442686915

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Electronic Books.

LOC classification:

PR437 .P768 2010

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Contents:

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.

Subject: 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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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	URL	Status	Date due	Barcode
Online Book (LOGIN USING YOUR MY CIU LOGIN AND PASSWORD)	G. Allen Fleece Library ONLINE	Non-fiction	PR437 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Link to resource	Available		ocn759157384

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.

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