Cruelty and Laughter : Forgotten Comic Literature and the Unsentimental Eighteenth Century
Simon. Dickie
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Chicago : : University of Chicago Press, , 2011.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (382 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; List of Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Unsentimental Eighteenth Century, 1740-70; 1. Jestbooks and the Indiff erence to Reform; 2. Cripples, Hunchbacks, and the Limits of Sympathy; 3. Delights of Privilege; 4. Joseph Andrews and the Great Laughter Debate; 5. Rape Jokes and the Law; In Conclusion: The Forgotten Best-Sellers of Early English Fiction; Abbreviations; Notes; Index. - Eighteenth-century British culture is often seen as polite and sentimental-the creation of an emerging middle class. Simon Dickie disputes these assumptions in Cruelty and Laughter, a wildly enjoyable but shocking plunge into the forgotten comic literature of the age. Beneath the surface of Enlightenment civility, Dickie uncovers a rich vein of cruel humor that forces us to recognize just how slowly ordinary human sufferings became worthy of sympathy.Delving into an enormous archive of comic novels, jestbooks, farces, variety shows, and cartoons, Dickie finds a vast repos
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| ISBN | 0226146189. - 9780226146188
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