Author: Daniel DefoePublisher: London : J.C. Hotten
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Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Daniel Defoe, His Life, and Recently Discovered Writings, Extending from 1716-1729
Author: Daniel DefoePublisher: London : J.C. Hotten
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Languages : en
Pages : 586
Book Description
Daniel Defoe
Author: William LeePublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3375046359
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 553
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1869.
Daniel Defoe: The life of Daniel Defoe
Author: Daniel DefoeThe life of Daniel Defoe
Author: Daniel DefoeSatire, Fantasy and Writings on the Supernatural by Daniel Defoe, Part II vol 6
Author: W R OwensPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 100016182X
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
The publication of the 44-volume Works of Daniel Defoe continues with this collection of Defoe's satirical poetry and fantasy writings, and writings on the supernatural.
"A Hideous Bit of Morbidity"
Author: Jason ColavitoPublisher: McFarland
ISBN: 0786469099
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
Horror fiction stormed the bestseller lists with classics like Rosemary's Baby and The Exorcist, setting the stage for Stephen King's worldwide popularity, but the genre has literary roots going back centuries. This collection provides insight into the way classic horror texts were received, interpreted and discussed by the first generations to experience them, ideas that continue to define the way modern society views horror. Each reprinted article, review or critical essay is prefaced with an introduction and explanatory notes to put the work in context. The book also includes an overview of horror criticism, a publication timeline, and period photographs and illustrations.
Great Bubbles, vol 3
Author: Ross B EmmettPublisher: Taylor & Francis
ISBN: 1040248632
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 404
Book Description
Periods of euphoria followed by sudden crashes are a familiar phenomenon in economics. Such events have become known as "bubbles". These volumes bring together writings on such phenomena - with works centering upon some of the more colourful examples.
Uncivil Mirth
Author: Ross CarrollPublisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691241775
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
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 as a means to expose hypocrisy, unsettle the arrogant, and deflate the powerful. Uncivil Mirth examines how leading thinkers of the period searched for a humane form of ridicule, one that served the causes of religious toleration, the abolition of the slave trade, and the dismantling of patriarchal power. Ross Carroll brings to life a tumultuous age in which the place of ridicule in public life was subjected to unparalleled scrutiny. He shows how the Third Earl of Shaftesbury, far from accepting ridicule as an unfortunate byproduct of free public debate, refashioned it into a check on pretension and authority. Drawing on philosophical treatises, political pamphlets, and conduct manuals of the time, Carroll examines how David Hume, Mary Wollstonecraft, and others who came after Shaftesbury debated the value of ridicule in the fight against intolerance, fanaticism, and hubris. Casting Enlightenment Britain in an entirely new light, Uncivil Mirth demonstrates how the Age of Reason was also an Age of Ridicule, and speaks to our current anxieties about the lack of civility in public debate.
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