Title:
The Hell-Fire clubs : sex, Satanism and secret societies / Evelyn Lord.
Author:
Lord, Evelyn.
Publication Information:
New Haven [Conn.] ; London : Yale University Press, c2008.
Call Number:
DA485 .L67 2008
Abstract:
Lord sets aside the gossip about the Hell-Fire Clubs-- orgies, prostitutes, erotica, extreme initiation ceremonies-- in order to paint an accurate portrait of their membership, their beliefs and activities, and the reasons for their proliferation.
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Electronic Access:
Table of contents only http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0903/2008016696.html
ISBN:
9780300116670
9780300164022
Physical Description:
xxix, 247 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Corporate Subject:
Contents:
Prelude to the fires of hell -- Gentlemen's clubs, journalistic hacks, the mohocks and change -- The Hell-Fire clubs -- Interlude abroad : the grand tour, dilettanti and divans -- The Medmenham friars -- Essay on woman : the friars exposed -- Public men and private vices -- Scotland and the fires of hell -- Beefsteaks, demoniacs, dalkey, colonial America.
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