Author: GATRELL, VIC (1941-)
Title: City of laughter : sex and satire in 18th century London / Vic Gatrell
Description: London : Atlantic 2006. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near fine. very slightly dust-dulled dust wrapper. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight. bright. clean and sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 696 pages; Physical description; xxiii. 696 p. : ill. (some col.). facsims. maps ; 25 cm. Summary; James Boswell observed that a person living in eighteenth-century London. 'may be in some degree be whatever character they choose'. London was. quite simply. the most vibrant and powerful city in the world. This vivacity - famously depicted by the satirical artists Gillray. Cruikshank and Rowlandson - gave rise to lewd and iconoclastic behaviour unlike any other in English history. Gatrell's remarkable book argues that we cannot comprehend our own capacity for licentiousness or our sense of humour without understanding this unique period in English history. 'City of Laughter' is as original as it is brilliantly written and will change permanently our view of London and its inhabitants. Subjects; Caricatures and cartoons - England - History - 18th century. Caricatures and cartoons - England - History - 19th century. Sex customs - England - London - History - 18th century. Sex customs - England - London - History - 19th century. Satire. English - History and criticism. English wit and humor. Pictorial - History and criticism. Political satire. English - History and criticism.ISBN: 1843543214. Weight in Kg appr.:

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