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Libel and Lampoon: Satire in the Courts, 1670-1792
Explores the mutually shaping influences of legal developments over the eighteenth century and the expression and form of satire in the period, from satirical literature to non-verbal forms including caricature.
| Author(s) | By Andrew Benjamin Bricker (Assistant Professor of English Literature, Department of Literary Studies, Ghent University). |
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| Publisher | Oxford University Press |
| Format | Hardback |
| Pages | 352 |
| Published in | United Kingdom |
| Published | 10 Feb 2022 |
| Availability | Available |
Explores the mutually shaping influences of legal developments over the eighteenth century and the expression and form of satire in the period, from satirical literature to non-verbal forms including caricature.
Introduction: The Perils of Satire 1: Keeping out of Court I: Libel and Lampoon after Hale and Dryden 2: Keeping out of Court II: Swift and the Illicit Book Trade 3: Irony in the Courts: Defoe and the Law of Seditious Libel 4: Naming in the Courts: Po
Andrew Benjamin Bricker is an Assistant Professor of English Literature in the Department of Literary Studies at Ghent University and a Senior Fellow at the Andrew W. Mellon Society of Fellows in Critical Bibliography at the Rare Book School at the Univer
