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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Taylor, David Francis (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018]
Series:Lewis Walpole series in eighteenth-century culture and history.
Subjects:
1700-1799
Caricatures and cartoons > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
English wit and humor, Pictorial > History > 18th century.
Art and literature > Great Britain > History > 18th century.
Caricatures et dessins humoristiques > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Humour par l'image anglais > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Art et littérature > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 18e siècle.
ART > Techniques > Drawing.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Shakespeare.
Art and literature.
Caricatures and cartoons.
English wit and humor, Pictorial.
Great Britain.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Part One: Prints, Parody, And The Political Public; 1. The Literariness of Graphic Satire; 2. Looking, Literacy, and the Printshop Window; Part Two: Plotting Politics; 3. The Tempest; or, The Disenchanted Island; 4. Macbeth as Political Comedy; 5. Paradise Lost, from the Sublime to the Ridiculous; 6. Gulliver Goes to War; 7. Harlequin Napoleon; or, What Literature Isn't; Appendix: Dramatis Personae; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index.

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