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	John Wilmot, 2nd earl of Rochester - LoveToKnow 1911
		JOHN WILMOT ROCHESTER, 2ND Earl Of (1647-1680), English poet and wit, was the son of Henry Wilmot, 1st earl.
		Wilmot was on bad terms with some of the king's friends and advisers, including Prince Rupert, and in 1644 he is reported to have said that Charles was afraid of peace and to have advised his supercession by his son, the prince of Wales.
		Rochester chose to pretend that this was Dryden's work, not Mulgrave's, and by his orders a band of roughs set on the poet in Rose Alley, Covent Garden, and beat him.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /John_Wilmot,_2nd_earl_of_Rochester (1171 words)

	Pepys' Diary: Wilmot, John (2nd Earl of Rochester)
		John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester (commonly referred to as Lord Rochester) was one of Charles II’s "Merry Gang" of debauched court companions.
		John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, was born April 1, 1647 and died at age 33.
		John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester; "a man," as Lord Orford observes, "whom the muses were fond to inspire, and ashamed to avow; and who practised, without the least reserve, that secret which can make verses more read for their defects than for their merits "(Noble Authors, vol.
	www.pepysdiary.com /p/5344.php (2101 words)

	Wilmot, John Earl of Rochester Criticism and Essays (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Rochester's reported deathbed conversion from atheism at age thirty-three also became the subject of legend, and for many years Rochester was celebrated in religious literature as an example of a reformed libertine.
		Rochester was born John Wilmot in Oxfordshire on 1 April, 1647.
		In 1671 Rochester was banished from the court for composing a lampoon of the king's mistress.
	enotes.com /literary-criticism/wilmot-john-earl-rochester/introduction (1537 words)

	A brief biography of John Wilmot, the second earl of Rochester (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, was born at Ditchley Manor House in Oxfordshire.
		Wilmot inherited the earldom at the age of eleven; he entered Oxford two years later, and completed his education with a tour of France and Italy.
		During his lifetime Rochester's poetry appeared in broadsides or was circulated in manuscript; only after his death was it collected, and both the authenticity and accuracy of many texts are still being established.
	www.ourcivilisation.com /smartboard/shop/wilmotj/about.htm (188 words)

	glbtq >> literature >> Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of
		Born at Ditchley in Oxfordshire, the son of Henry Wilmot, First Earl of Rochester, and Anne St. John, Countess of Rochester, John was educated primarily at Oxford.
		One of Charles's favorites, Rochester was nevertheless exiled numerous times by the king for libelous poetry and scandalous behavior at court.
		Although many readers have focused on Rochester's scathing satires on the upper class, as well as the "Satyr Against Reason and Mankind" (one of his "cleanest" poems) as the most intellectually challenging of his body of work, it is in his satires against sexuality, particularly heterosexuality, that Rochester's poetic voice finds its most powerful expression.
	www.glbtq.com /literature/rochester_j.html (895 words)

	short biography
		Rochester's mother was Parliamentarian by descent and inclined to Puritanism for possibly expedient means.
		Rochester's life is divided between domesticity in the country and a riotous existence at Court, where he was renowned for drunkenness, vivacious conversation, and "extravagant frolics" as part of the
		At the age of thirty-three, as Rochester lay dying - from syphilis, it is assumed - his mother had him attended by her religious associates; a deathbed renunciation of atheism was published and promulgated as the conversion of a prodigal.
	www.druidic.org /roc-bio.htm (577 words)

	Amazon.com: A Profane Wit : The Life of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester: Books: James William Johnson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Rochester had a reputation for being able to seduce virgins, while the King preferred experienced lovers; Rochester dutifully took on the role of gathering maidenheads and instructing the women in the techniques of love in preparation for the King's bed.
		Rochester's drink-driven poetry and riotous actions were attempts at a kind of semblance of freedom that he actually did not have.
		Rochester himself makes only a couple of brief appearances but this is an excellent and entertaining way to familiarize yourself with the England of Charles II and the surronding cast of characters (Lady Castlemaine, Duke of Buckingham, Nell Gwynn, etc...) that will be mentioned in any Rochester biography.
	www.amazon.com /Profane-Wit-Wilmot-Earl-Rochester/dp/1580461700 (2868 words)

	Amazon.ca: The Complete Poems of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester: Books: Earl of Rochester,David M. Vieth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		John Wilmot, the notorious Earl of Rochester, was the darling of the polished, profligate court of Charles II.
		The 2nd Earl of Rochester (John Wilmot) is one of our greatest love poets in the English language.
		He and his work have been neglected in previous times because of the debauched lifestyle he had led and what was once perceived as the obscene nature of some of his poetry.
	www.amazon.ca /Complete-Poems-Wilmot-Earl-Rochester/dp/0300097131 (613 words)

	John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
		John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647-1680) was an English nobleman, a friend of King Charles II of England, and the writer of much satirical and bawdy poetry.
		Rochester was born in Ditchley[?], Oxfordshire, and educated at Wadham College, Oxford.
		Having carried out the Grand Tour[?], he became the toast of the Restoration court and a patron of the arts.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/jo/John_Wilmot,_Earl_of_Rochester.html (93 words)

	John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		John Wilmot was born to Henry Wilmot, First Earl of Rochester, and his wife Anne St John, Countess of Rochester, on either April 1 or 10, 1647.
		During the whole action the Earl of Rochester shewed as brave and as resolute a courage as was possible: a person of honour told me he heard the Lord Clifford, who was in the same ship, often magnify his courage at that time very highly.
		Rochester, particularly in his early years, was something of an icon for his time, a witty courtier, brave in battle, friendly with the king (when not being banished for his more outlandish escapades, at least), popular with women, and able to walk the dangerous pathways of court without incurring too much damage.
	www.ealasaid.com.cob-web.org:8888 /fan/rochester/thesis.html (8999 words)

	The Real Rochester (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		John Wilmot, the second Earl of Rochester was one of the most infamous rakes from the Restoration period.
		When Rochester and Jane are reunited after the fire at Thornfield, their conversation resembles that of a confessional and rebirth.
		Wilmot’s fame as one of the most infamous rake’s at the Restoration Court was well recorded.
	www.umd.umich.edu.cob-web.org:8888 /casl/hum/eng/classes/434/charweb/lemaux3.htm (1115 words)

	Rochester, John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of - MSN Encarta (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Rochester, John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of - MSN Encarta
		Rochester, John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of (1647-1680), English poet and courtier.
		Rochester is known for his satirical wit and his libertine behavior.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761576415/Rochester_John_Wilmot_2nd_Earl_of.html (85 words)

	Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of: R at Canadian Content
		Samuel Johnson's life of John Wilmot (1647-1680) is presented by the Penn State Archive for Johnson's Life of the Poets.
		John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester to Elizabeth Barry
		Information about the relationship between Rochester and the actress Elizabeth Barry, including the text of a letter from him to her and quotations from his poems.
	www.canadiancontent.net /dir/Top/Arts/Literature/Poetry/Poets/R/Rochester,_John_Wilmot,_Earl_of (165 words)

	Amazon.fr : A Profane Wit: The Life Of John Wilmot, Earl Of Rochester: Livres en anglais: James William Johnson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Johnson (emer., University of Rochester) wrote this generous biography - a veritable progress of a rake's rake - with enthusiasm and engaged fascination with Rochester (1647-1680)...Johnson's forte, in addition to the extensiveness of his information, is his strong narrative sweep: this is an exciting biography.
		Interwoven with Rochester's fortunes are those of King and country, court and parliament and a huge array of other personalities.
		Of the glittering, licentious court around King Charles II, John Wilmot the second Earl of Rochester was the most notorious.
	www.amazon.fr /Profane-Wit-Wilmot-Earl-Rochester/dp/1580461700 (508 words)

	Wilmot
		John Wilmot, the 2nd Earl of Rochester is buried under a plain stone in the graveyard of Spelsbury Church, Oxfordshire, England.
		During his early thirties Rochester became seriously ill and this caused him to adopt a more religious frame of mind - culminating in his eventual deathbed repentance which was heard and later written up by Gilbert Burnet in: Some Passages in the Life and Death of the Right Honourable John Wilmot Earl of Rochester (1680).
		Rochester died at High Lodge in Woodstock on the 26th July 1680 (He had been appointed Ranger of Woodstock Forest by Charles II).
	www.poetsgraves.co.uk /wilmot.htm (287 words)

	John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		According to an often repeated anecdote, his coaching of his mistress Elizabeth Barry began her career as the greatest actress of the Restoration stage.
		A Satyr Against Mankind (1675) is a scathing denunciation of rationalism and optimism that contrasts human perfidy with animal wisdom, and History of Insipids (1676) is a devastating attack on the government of Charles II.
		However, before his death, Gilbert Burnet claimed Wilmot experienced a religious conversion recanting his past, and ordering “all his profane and lewd writings” burned, though this story is highly suspect given the rivalry between the two.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Wilmot,_2nd_Earl_of_Rochester (1231 words)

	Find in a Library: John Wilmot earl of Rochester his life and writings, with his lordship's private correspondence, ...
		Find in a Library: John Wilmot earl of Rochester his life and writings, with his lordship's private correspondence, various other documents, and a bibliography of his works and of the literature on him,
		John Wilmot earl of Rochester his life and writings, with his lordship's private correspondence, various other documents, and a bibliography of his works and of the literature on him,
		by Johannes Prinz; John Wilmot Rochester, Earl of
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	Anecdote about John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647-80)
		He had taken infinite pains to make Herod an arrant Jew, and was very unwilling to lose his labour after the work had not only received the approbation of himself, but of several of his poetical friends also.
		A patron was still wanting; and after consulting some of his acquaintances, who should have the honour of patronizing so accomplished a play, it was resolved, nemine contradicente, that Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, was the most worthy of such a favour.
		To this end the author, though not personally or nominally known to my Lord Rochester, waited upon him and left the play for his lordship's perusal, and lived for some days on the expectation of his approaching applause.
	www.ourcivilisation.com /smartboard/shop/anecdtes/c17/wilmot.htm (246 words)

	2ND EARL JOHN WILMOT R... - Online Information article about 2ND EARL JOHN WILMOT R...
		Rochester was pursued, and Charles, who was very angry, sent him to the See also:
		play in heroic couplets, Sodom, was printed in 1684, and is supposed, in spite of Rochester's denial, to have been chiefly his work.
		works is The Poetical Works of the Earl of Rochester (1731-32).
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /RHY_RON/ROCHESTER_JOHN_WILMOT_2ND_EARL.html (1954 words)

	NPG 804; John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester
		John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1647-1680), Poet and libertine.
		A member of the most dissolute and licentious court circles, Rochester with his ready wit alternately fascinated and enraged Charles II, who dismissed him from court at least once a year, but always had him immediately recalled.
		As a poet his name is chiefly associated with a number of obscene and pornographic works, but he was also a satirist and lyricist of genius.
	www.npg.org.uk /live/search/portrait.asp?mkey=mw05397 (178 words)

	John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu)
		A man whom the muses were fond to inspire, but ashamed to avow.
		Nay so confirm'd was he in Sin, that he lived, and oftentimes almost died, a Martyr for it.
	www.ealasaid.com.cob-web.org:8888 /fan/rochester/index.html (74 words)

	CADwire.net - Directory > Arts > Literature > Poetry > Poets > R (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester to Elizabeth Barry - Information about the relationship between Rochester and the actress Elizabeth Barry, including the text of a letter from him to her and quotations from his poems.
		John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester - A college honors thesis about the poet's satires, with some poems and some links.
		Lord Rochester and the Problems of Authorship - Web tour explores the ways that the authorial name of John Wilmot has been constructed throughout the centuries.
	www.cadwire.net /directory/dir.asp?/Arts/Literature/Poetry/Poets/R/Rochester,_John_Wilmot,_Earl_of (191 words)

	Selected Works (Earl of Rochester) - John Wilmot - Penguin Group (USA)
		In one of his most audacious roles ever, Johnny Depp will star in The Libertine as John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647-80), the brightest star at the court of the "Merry Monarch," King Charles II, played by John Malkovich.
		While living a life of reckless debauchery and sexual adventuring, Rochester produced comic verse, scurrilous satires, and highly explicit erotica.
		With endless literary disguises, rhymes and alliteration, humor and humanity, Rochester's poems hold up a mirror to the extravagances and absurdities of his age.
	us.penguingroup.com /nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780140424591,00.html (125 words)

	John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.unc.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Complete Poems of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, David M. Vieth, Ed.
		Some Passages in the Life and Death of John Earl of Rochester.
		Rochester and other Literary Rakes of the Court of Charles II.
	www.ealasaid.com.cob-web.org:8888 /fan/rochester/bibliography.html (108 words)

	Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of R Poets Poetry Literature Arts
		Rochester, John Wilmot, Earl of R Poets Poetry Literature Arts
		- Samuel Johnson's life of John Wilmot (1647-1680) is presented by the Penn State Archive for Johnson's Life of the Poets.
		- Information about the relationship between Rochester and the actress Elizabeth Barry, including the text of a letter from him to her and quotations from his poems.
	www.iaswww.com /ODP/Arts/Literature/Poetry/Poets/R/Rochester,_John_Wilmot,_Earl_of (111 words)

	John Wilmot the Earl of Rochester \| English Nobleman \| Satirical Poet \| Questia.com Online Library
		The Skeptical Sublime: Aesthetic Ideology in Pope and the Tory Satirists (Chap.
		The Age of Milton: An Encyclopedia of Major 17th-Century British and American Authors ("Second Earl of Rochester (John Wilmot) (1647-1680)" begins on p.
		...Buckingham, and John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, were much in the public eye...1643-1706 JOHN WILMOT, EARL OF ROCHESTER 1647-1680...were among the most notorious...somewhat...
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	Amazon.com: Reviews for The Libertine: DVD: Johnny Depp,Paul Ritter,John Malkovich,Stanley Townsend,Francesca ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The real Wilmot was an alcoholic, whoremongering, drug-taking, likely bisexual poet and playwright, whose talent was obscured by his unbridled debauchery.
		Depp is able to project Wilmot's inner essences, and we come away with a view of a man who lived life on the edge even as he observed it with a jaundiced eye and treated all those around him to a constant shower of vitriol, knowing that most of them deserved no more.
		He largely spared the women he loved (as opposed to slept with) the acid that was rotting him from within, but was unable to spare them the consequences of their love for him.
	www.amazon.com.cob-web.org:8888 /gp/product/customer-reviews/B000F7CECK (2092 words)

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