THE ORIGINS OF JOHN ROCHESTER’S SATIRE “THE DISABLED DEBAUCHEE”

Abstract

In the article the author makes an attempt to systematize autobiographical and philosophical factors which influenced the creation of a poem “The Disabled Debauchee” by John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester. The connections of this work with the creativity of contemporary with the poet authors are also analyzed. In particular, a parallel between the analyzed poem and William Davenant’s “Gondibert” is drawn. The research is of interdisciplinary nature and it is written at the interfaces between philosophy and literature.

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• Published: November 19, 2014.

Keywords

• литература
• эпоха Реставрации
• либертинизм
• Джон Рочестер
• Уильям Давенант
• Томас Гоббс
• literature
• the Age of Restoration
• libertinism
• John Rochester
• William Davenant
• Thomas Hobbes

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