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Title: Uncivil Mirth: Ridicule in Enlightenment Britain
Author: CARROLL ROSS
Format: PAPERBACK
Publication date: 15/11/2022
Imprint: PRINCETON UNI PRESS
Price: $50.00
Publishing status: Active
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
Review: \”Winner of the Morris D. Forkosch Book Prize, Journal for the History of Ideas\”
\”For those curious to know the role of ridicule in eighteenth-century Britain, Ross Carroll’s Uncivil Mirth is the place to start. In it, readers will find a reliable survey of the main lines of argument about ridicule’s function in enlightened public debate.\”—Mark G. Spencer, LSE Review of Books
\”Witty and insightful. . . . this study could hardly be more timely.\”—Jan Machielsen, Times Literary Supplement
Author Biography: Ross Carroll is senior lecturer in political theory and a member of the Centre for Political Thought at the University of Exeter. Twitter @rossecarroll
ISBN: 9780691241777
Dimension: 234mm X 155mm