Uncivil Mirth: Ridicule in Enlightenment Britain

by Ross Carroll

Book Overview

How the philosophers and polemicists of eighteenth-century Britain used ridicule in the service of religious toleration, abolition, and political justice The relaxing of censorship in Britain at the turn of the eighteenth century led to an explosion of satires, caricatures, and comic hoaxes. This new vogue for ridicule unleashed moral panic and prompted warnings that it would corrupt public debate. But ridicule also had vocal defenders who saw it...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691241775
• ISBN13: 9780691241777
• Release Date: August 2022
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 9.1" x 6.1"