List of Illustrations Acknowledgments Introduction: The Rochester Legends 1. A Christian Upbringing (1647
1655) 2. A Classical Education (1656
1659) 3. Growing Debauched at Oxford (1660
1661) 4. The Grand Tour (1662
1664) 5. Campaigns and Engagements (1665) 6. Pursuits and Conquests (1666) 7. Man's Estate (1667) 8. The King's Pimp (1668
1669) 9. Love Raised to Extremes (1669
1670) 10. The Quintessence of Debauchery (1671) 11. Sallies in the Country (1671
1672) 12. Sodom (1673) 13. New Scenes of Foppery (January
June 1674) 14. Dog Days and Masques (July
December 1674) 15. Reversals and Recognitions (1675) 16. Livy and Sickness (January
April 1676) 17. Flights and Disguises (May
December 1676) 18. Sessions Poetical and Political (1677) 19. Scurvy Alarums (1678) 20. Extremity: on All Sides (1678
1679) 21. An End of Communion (1679
1680) 22. Sapience Angelical (May
July 1680) Afterwards Appendix List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index of Proper Names Subject Index for John Wilmot