Simon Dickie
Cruelty and laughter
Simon Dickie · 2011
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A rollicking review of popular culture in 18th century Britain this text turns away from sentimental and polite literature to focus instead on the jestbooks, farces, comic periodicals variety shows and minor comic novels that portray a society in which no subject was taboo and political correctness unimagined.
Book details
- Year
- 2011
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Editions
- 6
- Pages
- 362
- ISBN
- 9780226146188
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