Ridicule, Religion and the Politics of Wit in Augustan England

By Roger D. Lund

Book Overview

Arguing for wit's importance beyond its use as a literary device, Lund traces the process by which writers in Restoration and eighteenth-century England struggled to define an appropriate role for wit in the public sphere. He shows how fear of wit as a subversive rhetorical form threatening church and state resulted in attacks on heterodox writers, the Restoration stage and new communal venues such as coffee houses and clubs.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138118311
• ISBN13: 9781138118317
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"