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- catalog abstract ""When Charles II returned to England in 1660, young Rochester had not long been at Wadham College, Oxford. Charles' restoration inspired celebrations in the college that were so riotous that Rochester broke off his studies. He wrote a ponderous poem in praise of the new king that brought him an annual pension of 500 pounds and from then on devoted himself to debauchery. In the short time that comprised the rest of his life - Rochester was only 33 when he died of tertiary syphilis - he loved both sexes wildly and indiscriminately; was confined to the tower for kidnapping an heiress; was released to fight a war against the Dutch; married and fathered children from his wife and his mistress; advanced the claims of Nell Gwyn; was banished repeatedly from court for a multitude of misdemeanours; suffered the agonies of thrice being 'cured' of syphilis; and then returned, on his death bed, to the Protestant church." "Yet this reckless courtier had other qualities too. Rochester's unique and exquisitely phrased love lyrics and poems on impotence, dissipation and erotic obsession are steeped in wisdom and passion. Voltaire would describe him as 'a man of genius, and a great poet'. Cephas Goldsworthy's book considers the poetry in relation to its author's life and milieu. The result is a swashbuckling biography that throws the poet and his times into vivid relief."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12221505.
- catalog coverage "Great Britain Court and courtiers Biography.".
- catalog coverage "Great Britain History Restoration, 1660-1688 Biography.".
- catalog created "2001.".
- catalog date "2001".
- catalog date "2001.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2001.".
- catalog description ""When Charles II returned to England in 1660, young Rochester had not long been at Wadham College, Oxford. Charles' restoration inspired celebrations in the college that were so riotous that Rochester broke off his studies. He wrote a ponderous poem in praise of the new king that brought him an annual pension of 500 pounds and from then on devoted himself to debauchery. In the short time that comprised the rest of his life - Rochester was only 33 when he died of tertiary syphilis - he loved both sexes wildly and indiscriminately; was confined to the tower for kidnapping an heiress; was released to fight a war against the Dutch; married and fathered children from his wife and his mistress; advanced the claims of Nell Gwyn; was banished repeatedly from court for a multitude of misdemeanours; suffered the agonies of thrice being 'cured' of syphilis; and then returned, on his death bed, to the Protestant church." "Yet this reckless courtier had other qualities too. Rochester's unique and exquisitely phrased love lyrics and poems on impotence, dissipation and erotic obsession are steeped in wisdom and passion. Voltaire would describe him as 'a man of genius, and a great poet'. Cephas Goldsworthy's book considers the poetry in relation to its author's life and milieu. The result is a swashbuckling biography that throws the poet and his times into vivid relief."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 282-284) and index.".
- catalog extent "vii, 295 p. ;".
- catalog identifier "0297643193".
- catalog issued "2001".
- catalog issued "2001.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson,".
- catalog spatial "England".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain Court and courtiers Biography.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain History Restoration, 1660-1688 Biography.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog subject "821/.4 B 21".
- catalog subject "Nobility Great Britain Biography.".
- catalog subject "PR3669.R2 G65 2001".
- catalog subject "Poets, English Early modern, 1500-1700 Biography.".
- catalog subject "Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of, 1647-1680.".
- catalog subject "Syphilis Patients England Biography.".
- catalog title "The satyr : an account of the life and work, death and salvation, of John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester / Cephas Goldsworthy.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".