Isbn: 9780299106904 - the Restoration Rake Hero: Transformations in Sexual Understanding in Seventeenth Century England (6 results)

Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Condition: Poor. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Book contains pen & pencil markings. In poor condition, suitable as a reading copy. No dust jacket. Library sticker on front cover. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:029910690X.…

Condition: good. A copy that has been read, remains in good condition. All pages are intact, and the cover is intact. The spine and cover show signs of wear. Pages can include notes and highlighting and show signs of wear, and the copy can include "From the library of" labels or previous owner inscriptions. 100% GUARANTEE! Shipped with delivery confirmation, if you're not satisfied with purchase please return item! Ships via media mail.…

Hardcover. Condition: Acceptable. Acceptable .Ships From Multiple Locations. book.

Hardcover. Condition: As New. Hardcover and dust jacket. Minor tears to dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Clean, unmarked pages. x, 253 p., 22 cm. "The rake achieved dramatic prominence, according to Weber, only when sexual excess was no longer defined by a sexual demonic vocabulary that arose from sixteenth and early seventeenth century fascination with witchcraft. As legal prosecutions of witches declined and the language of demonic sexuality lost its privileged status, new sexual vocabularies developed. As portrayed in Restoration comedy and the eighteenth century novel, the rake gave expression to a multiplicity of new secular discourses for talking about sexuality and revealed a new understanding of how sexuality helps to generate the individual personality.".…

Hardcover. Condition: Used - Very Good. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks. Wrapped in complimentary Brodart dust jacket protector. Slight dust stains on text edges.