The politics of parody : a literary history of caricature, 1760-1830 /
An original take on literary history that uses visual satire to explore literature's importance to eighteenth-century political culture. The first in-depth analysis of the relationship between literature and visual satire in eighteenth-century Britain, this engaging study explores how the works...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Haven, Connecticut :
Yale University Press,
[2018]
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| Series: | Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history.
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| Summary: | An original take on literary history that uses visual satire to explore literature's importance to eighteenth-century political culture. The first in-depth analysis of the relationship between literature and visual satire in eighteenth-century Britain, this engaging study explores how the works of Shakespeare, Milton, Swift and others were taken up by caricaturists as a means of helping the public make sense of political issues, outrages and personalities. In a fascinating and novel approach to literary history, Taylor explores how great texts, seen through the lens of visual parody, shape how we understand the political world. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780300223750 0300223757 |