When late seventeenth-century readers wanted to inform themselves about happenings at the centers of power and fashion they had no newspapers or gossip columns to fall back on. Instead they turned to lampoons--frank, malicious and often highly indecent accounts in verse of the real or fabricated goings on of the court and ruling elite. Harold Love presents the first comprehensive account of the thousands of lampoons and more serious "state poems" that survive from Restoration England and their impact on the life of the ...
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When late seventeenth-century readers wanted to inform themselves about happenings at the centers of power and fashion they had no newspapers or gossip columns to fall back on. Instead they turned to lampoons--frank, malicious and often highly indecent accounts in verse of the real or fabricated goings on of the court and ruling elite. Harold Love presents the first comprehensive account of the thousands of lampoons and more serious "state poems" that survive from Restoration England and their impact on the life of the nation and the literary practice of satire.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 750grams, ISBN: 9780199255610.
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