Rake [ Politics & Society / Character / Social interaction ]
… by the 1648 Civil War, which had resulted in the execution of Charles I and the decade-long exile of his son. The king’s sobriquet reveals his own penchant for lavish celebrations and sensual pursuits, but Charles II is also remembered … rake is usually understood as a worldly, well-travelled character. 4 . The poetry of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, strikingly captures the clash between aristocratic pride and bitter awareness of English peers’ diminishing prestige. … mode: representations of the rake grew more accusatory, mirroring the growing number of women and middle-class artists taking on rakish narratives. For many of them, the character’s disruptive nature was increasingly becoming an object of …
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