THE ORIGINS OF JOHN ROCHESTER’S SATIRE "THE DISABLED DEBAUCHEE"
Titova Anna Vladimirovna
Ryazan State University named for S. A. Yesenin
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.
Key words and phrases: 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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literature; the Age of Restoration; libertinism; John Rochester; William Davenant; Thomas Hobbes.
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