Ridicule, religion and the politics of wit in Augustan England / Roger D. Lund.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lund, Roger D., 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English wit and humor--18th century--History and criticism.

English wit and humor.

Literature and society--England--History--18th century.

Literature and society.

England.

History.

English literature--Censorship.

English literature.

Ridicule in literature.

English literature--Roman influences.

Physical Description:

248 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2012]

Summary:

Lund (English, Le Moyne College, Syracuse, New York) argues that literary wit emerged as a major genre during the 18th century at the same time as a public sphere emerged in which ideas and opinions were free from the authority of pulpit and censor. He discusses the bite of Leviathan: Thomas Hobbes and philosophic drollery, libertine wit and the Collier Stage controversy, the titans of wit, Shaftesbury and the gentility of wit, the trammels of Christian wit, and the hermeneutics of censorship and the crime of wit. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction: defining the politics of wit

The bite of leviathan: Thomas Hobbes and philosophic drollery

Libertine wit and the Collier Stage controversy

The titans of wit

Shaftesbury and the gentility of wit

The trammels of Christian wit

The hermeneutics of censorship and the crime of wit.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781409437796

1409437795

9781409437802

1409437809

OCLC:

762991202