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Title: Ridicule, religion and the politics of wit in Augustan England / Roger D. Lund.
Author: Lund, Roger D., 1949-
General Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: defining the politics of wit -- The bite of leviathan: Thomas Hobbes and philosophic drollery -- Libertine wit and the Collier Stage controversy -- The titans of wit -- Shaftesbury and the gentility of wit -- The trammels of Christian wit -- The hermeneutics of censorship and the crime of wit.

Publisher: Ashgate,
Publication Place: Farnham, Surrey ; Burlington, VT :
ISBN: 9781409437796 (hbk.)
1409437795 (hbk.)
Subject: English wit and humor -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
Literature and society -- England -- History -- 18th century.
English literature -- Censorship.
Ridicule in literature.
English literature -- Roman influences.
Contents: Introduction: defining the politics of wit -- The bite of leviathan: Thomas Hobbes and philosophic drollery -- Libertine wit and the Collier Stage controversy -- The titans of wit -- Shaftesbury and the gentility of wit -- The trammels of Christian wit -- The hermeneutics of censorship and the crime of wit.

Physical Description: 248 p. ;

Publication Date: c2012.

	Agency:	Collection:	Call No.:	Item Type:	Status:	Copy:	Barcode:	Media Type:
	Faculty of Arts	General	827.509 L962	Normal Circulation	Available	1	JUF0743402	Book