John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
Historical person
Restoration libertine and author of Signor Dildo. Called as an expert witness in the metaphysics of the artificial member.
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Linguistic associations
- Dildo associated with text motif (2 passages)
Literary echoes
- Nash his Dildo associated with text motif (1 passage)
From the books (1 passage)
An altogether less edifying contribution to dildology is the Signor Dildo of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester. Thought to have been written in 1673, the Signor is posed as a satirical reaction to the proposed marriage of the then Duke of York – the future James ii (1685-88) – to Mary of Modena. It is to be conceded that the Signor is not lacking in a certain bawdy charm:-