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'''Rosa Coote''' is a fictional ] appearing as a character in a number of works of Victorian ], including '']'' by ] and "Miss Coote's Confession" in '']''.
'''Rosa Coote''' is a fictional ] appearing as a ] in a number of works of ], including '']'' (as the notional author) by ]<ref name=ashbee>] (as Pisanus Fraxi), "Catena librorum tacendorum", 1885, p.244</ref><ref name=diliddo>Annalisa Di Liddo, "Alan Moore: Comics As Performance, Fiction As Scalpel", ''Great Comics Artists Series'', Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2009, {{ISBN|1-60473-213-X}}, p.179</ref><ref name=marcus>], "The other Victorians: a study of sexuality and pornography in mid-nineteenth-Century England", Transaction Publishers, 2008, {{ISBN|1-4128-0819-7}}, p.76</ref> and "Letters to a Lady Friend" or "Miss Coote's Confession" in '']''.<ref name=ashbee2>] (as Pisanus Fraxi), "Catena librorum tacendorum", 1885, p.344</ref><ref name=kleinplatz>], ], "Sadomasochism: powerful pleasures", Haworth Press, 2006, {{ISBN|1-56023-640-X}}, p.60</ref><ref name=nelson>Claudia Nelson, Michelle H. Martin, "Sexual pedagogies: sex education in Britain, Australia, and America, 1879-2000", Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, {{ISBN|1-4039-6350-9}}, pp.24,27</ref> ] writes of ''The Convent School'' that "The book is not altogether badly written; no part of the narrative however is attractive".<ref name=ashbee/>


The surname "Coote" is taken from the historical ], who was disgraced in a ] scandal in 1815:<ref>John Chandos, "Boys together: English public schools, 1800-1864", Hutchinson, 1984, {{ISBN|0-09-139240-3}}, pp.236-7</ref><ref name=thorne>R. G. Thorne, "The House of Commons, 1790-1820, Volume 3", Boydell & Brewer, 1986, {{ISBN|0-436-52101-6}}, p.499</ref> in "Miss Coote's Confession" the general is stated to be Rosa Coote's grandfather.<ref name=ashbee2/> The character is probably based on the real-life ] who ran a brothel in ] in the 1830s.<ref name=bloch>], William H Forstern, "Sexual life in England, past and present", F. Aldor, 1938, pp.353,361</ref>
Like her counterpart ], the character is probably based on the real-life ] who ran a brothel in ] in the 1830s.


The character reappears in '']'' by ] and ]. She is Headmistress of the Correctional Academy for Wayward Gentlewomen, where the League discover ], the ], impregnating her students (who believe he is the Holy Spirit), including Rebecca Randall (from '']'') and Pollyanna Whittier (from '']'' and '']'').<ref name=diliddo/><ref name=rhett>Maryanne Rhett, , ''World History Connected'', vol.4 no.2 (Feb. 2007)</ref><ref name=diliddo2>Marc Silver and Giovanna Buonanno, "Cross-cultural encounters: identity, gender, representation", (XXI national congress of the Associazione Italiana di Anglistica, held at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia on 25 - 27 September 2003) Officina, 2005, {{ISBN|88-87570-89-2}}, p.110</ref>
The character reappears in '']'' by ] and ].


==References== ==References==
{{reflist}}
* ] (as Pisanus Fraxi), "Catena librorum tacendorum", 1885, p.244
* Marc Silver and Giovanna Buonanno, "Cross-cultural encounters: identity, gender, representation", Officina, 2005, p.110.
* ], "The other Victorians: a study of sexuality and pornography in mid-nineteenth-Century England", Transaction Publishers, 2008, ISBN 1412808197, p.76
* ], ], "Sadomasochism: powerful pleasures", Haworth Press, 2006, ISBN 156023640X, p.60.
* Maryanne Rhett, "The Graphic Novel and the World History Classroom", ''World History Connected'', vol.4 no.2 (Feb. 2007)

⚫ {{Wikisource|The Pearl (Erotic Magazine)|The Pearl}}


==External links==
⚫ *{{Wikisource inline|The Pearl}}
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Fictional dominatrix

Rosa Coote is a fictional dominatrix appearing as a stock character in a number of works of Victorian erotica, including The Convent School, or Early Experiences of A Young Flagellant (as the notional author) by William Dugdale and "Letters to a Lady Friend" or "Miss Coote's Confession" in The Pearl. Henry Spencer Ashbee writes of The Convent School that "The book is not altogether badly written; no part of the narrative however is attractive".

The surname "Coote" is taken from the historical General Sir Eyre Coote, who was disgraced in a flogging scandal in 1815: in "Miss Coote's Confession" the general is stated to be Rosa Coote's grandfather. The character is probably based on the real-life Theresa Berkley who ran a brothel in Soho in the 1830s.

The character reappears in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen by Alan Moore and Kevin O'Neill. She is Headmistress of the Correctional Academy for Wayward Gentlewomen, where the League discover Hawley Griffin, the Invisible Man, impregnating her students (who believe he is the Holy Spirit), including Rebecca Randall (from Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm) and Pollyanna Whittier (from Pollyanna and Pollyanna Grows Up).

References

  1. ^ Henry Spencer Ashbee (as Pisanus Fraxi), "Catena librorum tacendorum", 1885, p.244
  2. ^ Annalisa Di Liddo, "Alan Moore: Comics As Performance, Fiction As Scalpel", Great Comics Artists Series, Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2009, ISBN 1-60473-213-X, p.179
  3. Steven Marcus, "The other Victorians: a study of sexuality and pornography in mid-nineteenth-Century England", Transaction Publishers, 2008, ISBN 1-4128-0819-7, p.76
  4. ^ Henry Spencer Ashbee (as Pisanus Fraxi), "Catena librorum tacendorum", 1885, p.344
  5. Peggy J. Kleinplatz, Charles Allen Moser, "Sadomasochism: powerful pleasures", Haworth Press, 2006, ISBN 1-56023-640-X, p.60
  6. Claudia Nelson, Michelle H. Martin, "Sexual pedagogies: sex education in Britain, Australia, and America, 1879-2000", Palgrave Macmillan, 2004, ISBN 1-4039-6350-9, pp.24,27
  7. John Chandos, "Boys together: English public schools, 1800-1864", Hutchinson, 1984, ISBN 0-09-139240-3, pp.236-7
  8. R. G. Thorne, "The House of Commons, 1790-1820, Volume 3", Boydell & Brewer, 1986, ISBN 0-436-52101-6, p.499
  9. Iwan Bloch, William H Forstern, "Sexual life in England, past and present", F. Aldor, 1938, pp.353,361
  10. Maryanne Rhett, "The Graphic Novel and the World History Classroom", World History Connected, vol.4 no.2 (Feb. 2007)
  11. Marc Silver and Giovanna Buonanno, "Cross-cultural encounters: identity, gender, representation", (XXI national congress of the Associazione Italiana di Anglistica, held at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia on 25 - 27 September 2003) Officina, 2005, ISBN 88-87570-89-2, p.110

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