The Protestant Whore: Courtesan Narrative and Religious Controversy in England, 1680-1750
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| contents | After the restoration of the English monarchy in 1660, Protestants worried that King Charles II might favour religious freedom for Roman Catholics, and many suspected that the king was unduly influenced by his Catholic mistresses. Nell Gwyn, actress and royal mistress, stood apart by virtue of her Protestant loyalty. In 1681, Gwyn, her carriage surrounded by an angry anti-Catholic mob, famously declared 'I am the protestant whore.' Her self-branding invites an investigation into the alignment between sex and politics during this period, and in this study, Alison Conway relates courtesan narrative to cultural and religious anxieties.In new readings of canonical works by Aphra Behn, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, and Samuel Richardson, Conway argues that authors engaged the same questions about identity, nation, authority, literature, and politics as those pursued by Restoration polemicists. Her study 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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| title_auth | The Protestant Whore Courtesan Narrative and Religious Controversy in England, 1680-1750 |
| title_exact_search | The Protestant Whore Courtesan Narrative and Religious Controversy in England, 1680-1750 |
| title_full | The Protestant Whore Courtesan Narrative and Religious Controversy in England, 1680-1750 Alison Conway |
| title_fullStr | The Protestant Whore Courtesan Narrative and Religious Controversy in England, 1680-1750 Alison Conway |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Protestant Whore Courtesan Narrative and Religious Controversy in England, 1680-1750 Alison Conway |
| title_short | The Protestant Whore |
| title_sort | the protestant whore courtesan narrative and religious controversy in england 1680 1750 |
| title_sub | Courtesan Narrative and Religious Controversy in England, 1680-1750 |
| topic | Courtesans in literature English fiction 18th century History and criticism English fiction Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism Protestantism in literature Religionspolitik (DE-588)4049416-0 gnd Englisch (DE-588)4014777-0 gnd Höfische Epik (DE-588)4160341-2 gnd |
| topic_facet | Courtesans in literature English fiction 18th century History and criticism English fiction Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism Protestantism in literature Religionspolitik Englisch Höfische Epik England |
| url | http://www.degruyter.com/doi/book/10.3138/9781442686915 |
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