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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.

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Cruelty and Laughter
  • Author : Simon Dickie
  • Release : 01 December 2011
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • ISBN : 9780226146188
  • Genre : History
  • Total Page : 382 pages
  • Language : English
  • PDF File Size : 19,8 Mb

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