Libertine Enlightenment
Subtitle: Sex, Liberty and License in the Eighteenth-Century
Contributors: Lisa O'Connell (Editor); Peter Cryle (Editor)
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: March 4, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781403917638
Subjects: European history: c 1500 to c 1750; European history: c 1750 to c 1900; Social History; c 1700 to c 1800; History: World; Europe - General; History - General History; Sex customs; Europe; Libertinism; Modern - 18th Century; History / Europe / General; 18th century; History; Moral conditions
First sentence: In this essay, I contend that the formation of modern literature in England is intimately related to the emergence of political radicalism, making my case by associating Laurence Sterne with modern literature and John Wilkes with modern radicalism.