Uncivil Mirth Ridicule in Enlightenment Britain |
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| Author:
| Carroll, Ross |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-24177-7 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2022 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $32.00 |
Book Description:
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How the philosophers and polemicists of eighteenth-century Britain used ridicule in the service of religious toleration, abolition, and political justiceThe relaxing of censorship in Britain at the turn of the eighteenth century led to an explosion of satires, caricatures, and comic hoaxes. This new vogue for ridicule unleashed moral panic and
How the philosophers and polemicists of eighteenth-century Britain used ridicule in the service of religious toleration, abolition, and political justiceThe relaxing of censorship in Britain at the turn of the eighteenth century led to an explosion of satires, caricatures, and comic hoaxes. This new vogue for ridicule unleashed moral panic and