Rake [ Politics & Society / Character / Social interaction ]
… Practices > Politics & Society Concepts > Character Concepts > Social interaction Mots-clés Literature Masculinity Rank Violence The term ‘rake’, short for ‘rakehell’, has been used to describe a licentious man of loose morals since the … rape and later death of the heroine, with Lovelace committing suicide-by-duel as a means of expiation. The socio-sexual violence exhibited by the rakish characters of Davys and Richardson betrays a deep-seated anxiety to reassure themselves … their wholesome heroes. Much declawed, the late Georgian and Regency rake did not carry the same direct threat of sexual violence as his predecessors. The figure’s inclination towards socio-sexual predation remained intact, though its …
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