The Resource City of laughter : sex and satire in eighteenth-century London, Vic Gatrell
City of laughter : sex and satire in eighteenth-century London, Vic Gatrell
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The item City of laughter : sex and satire in eighteenth-century London, Vic Gatrell represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Charleston County Public Library.
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- Summary
- "Draws on the many thousands of satirical prints of the era to reveal a startlingly unfamiliar London. Focusing not on the polished wit upon which polite society prided itself, but rather on malicious, lewd, and satirical humor, Vic Gatrell explores what this tradition says about Georgians' views of the world and about their own pretensions."--Front flap of jacket
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- xxiii, 696 p.
- Note
- Originally published: London : Atlantic, 2006
- Contents
-
- Introduction: Lady Worsley's bottom
- pt. 1. The sense of place
- London and the pleasure principle
- 'The West or worst End'
- Covent Garden and the middling sorts
- Crossing the boundaries
- pt. 2. How they laughed
- Laughing politely
- Bums, farts and other transgressions
- Image magic
- Seeing the jokes
- Gillray's dreamscapes
- pt. 3. The sexes
- The tree of life
- Philosophy and raking
- What could women bear?
- The libertine's last fling
- pt. 4. The enemies of laughter
- Taming the muse: the long view
- The age of cant
- Radical satire and the censors
- The silencing
- Happiness, cant and the beggars
- Epilogue: Francis Place and 'improvement'
- Brief lives
- Isbn
- 9780802716026
- Label
- City of laughter : sex and satire in eighteenth-century London
- Title
- City of laughter
- Title remainder
- sex and satire in eighteenth-century London
- Statement of responsibility
- Vic Gatrell
- Subject
-
- English wit and humor -- History -- 18th century
- London (England) -- Civilization -- 18th century
- London (England) -- History -- 18th century
- London (England) -- Social conditions -- 18th century
- Caricatures and cartoons -- England
- Satire, English -- History -- 18th century
- Sex customs -- England | London -- History -- 18th century
- Sex customs in art
- Wit and humor, Pictorial -- History -- 18th century
- London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "Draws on the many thousands of satirical prints of the era to reveal a startlingly unfamiliar London. Focusing not on the polished wit upon which polite society prided itself, but rather on malicious, lewd, and satirical humor, Vic Gatrell explores what this tradition says about Georgians' views of the world and about their own pretensions."--Front flap of jacket
- Cataloging source
- NPL
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1941-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gatrell, V. A. C.
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Satire, English
- English wit and humor
- London (England)
- London (England)
- London (England)
- London (England)
- Sex customs
- Sex customs in art
- Caricatures and cartoons
- Wit and humor, Pictorial
- Label
- City of laughter : sex and satire in eighteenth-century London, Vic Gatrell
- Note
- Originally published: London : Atlantic, 2006
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 605-669) and indexes
- Contents
- Introduction: Lady Worsley's bottom -- pt. 1. The sense of place -- London and the pleasure principle -- 'The West or worst End' -- Covent Garden and the middling sorts -- Crossing the boundaries -- pt. 2. How they laughed -- Laughing politely -- Bums, farts and other transgressions -- Image magic -- Seeing the jokes -- Gillray's dreamscapes -- pt. 3. The sexes -- The tree of life -- Philosophy and raking -- What could women bear? -- The libertine's last fling -- pt. 4. The enemies of laughter -- Taming the muse: the long view -- The age of cant -- Radical satire and the censors -- The silencing -- Happiness, cant and the beggars -- Epilogue: Francis Place and 'improvement' -- Brief lives
- Control code
- ocm76819022
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- xxiii, 696 p.
- Isbn
- 9780802716026
- Other physical details
- ill. (some col.), maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)76819022
- Label
- City of laughter : sex and satire in eighteenth-century London, Vic Gatrell
- Note
- Originally published: London : Atlantic, 2006
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 605-669) and indexes
- Contents
- Introduction: Lady Worsley's bottom -- pt. 1. The sense of place -- London and the pleasure principle -- 'The West or worst End' -- Covent Garden and the middling sorts -- Crossing the boundaries -- pt. 2. How they laughed -- Laughing politely -- Bums, farts and other transgressions -- Image magic -- Seeing the jokes -- Gillray's dreamscapes -- pt. 3. The sexes -- The tree of life -- Philosophy and raking -- What could women bear? -- The libertine's last fling -- pt. 4. The enemies of laughter -- Taming the muse: the long view -- The age of cant -- Radical satire and the censors -- The silencing -- Happiness, cant and the beggars -- Epilogue: Francis Place and 'improvement' -- Brief lives
- Control code
- ocm76819022
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- 1st U.S. ed.
- Extent
- xxiii, 696 p.
- Isbn
- 9780802716026
- Other physical details
- ill. (some col.), maps
- System control number
- (OCoLC)76819022
Subject
- English wit and humor -- History -- 18th century
- London (England) -- Civilization -- 18th century
- London (England) -- History -- 18th century
- London (England) -- Social conditions -- 18th century
- Caricatures and cartoons -- England
- Satire, English -- History -- 18th century
- Sex customs -- England | London -- History -- 18th century
- Sex customs in art
- Wit and humor, Pictorial -- History -- 18th century
- London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 18th century
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