An edition of Cruelty and laughter (2011)
Cruelty and Laughter
Forgotten Comic Literature and the Unsentimental Eighteenth Century
By Simon Dickie
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Publish Date
2011
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Language
eng
Pages
362
Description:
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.