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Poetics of the pillory : English literature and seditious libel, 1660-1820 /

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On the lapse of the Licensing Act in 1695, Thomas Macaulay wrote in his History of England, 'English literature was emancipated, and emancipated for ever, from the control of the government'. It's certainly true that the system of prior restraint enshrined in this Restoration measure...

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Main Author: Keymer, Thomas, 1962- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Clarendon lectures in English.
Subjects:
Law and literature > England > History > 18th century.
Law and literature > England > History > 17th century.
Law and literature > England > History > 19th century.
Seditious libel > England > History > 18th century.
Seditious libel > England > History > 17th century.
Seditious libel > England > History > 19th century.
Droit et littérature > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Droit et littérature > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Droit et littérature > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Libelles séditieux > Angleterre > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Libelles séditieux > Angleterre > Histoire > 17e siècle.
Libelles séditieux > Angleterre > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Defamation.
LAW.
LITERARY CRITICISM.
18th Century.
Modern.
Censorship.
POLITICAL SCIENCE.
Law and literature
Seditious libel
England
1600-1899
Electronic books.
History
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