“He was a legendary hell-raiser in the licentious court of Charles II, derided by his peers for his ‘contempt of decency’ and the author of elegant, if explicit, poetry.” Now, the work of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester is back in print, reports Louise Jury in this story for The Independent. She says that “in the three centuries since the premature death” of Wilmot, “his works have been a naughty pleasure appreciated by a small band of readers, primarily English undergraduates.” But a new movie starring Johnny Depp as Wilmot has inspired Penguin Classics to bring the poems back into print. Says Jury, “There are hopes that Depp may do for 17th-century poetry what Four Weddings and a Funeral did for W H Auden.”