RIDICULOUS CRITICS by Philip Smallwood (Editor), Min Wild (Editor) ( 9781611486162 )

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RIDICULOUS CRITICS
AUGUSTAN MOCKERY OF CRITICAL JUDGMENT

By:

Philip Smallwood (Editor), Min Wild (Editor)

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Paperback

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1611486165

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BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

2 June, 2016

Pages:

244

Synopsis:

Ridiculous Critics offers an outline of eighteenth-century literary criticism that questions its image as a civilized practice of cultural refinement and esteem. No longer the equable narrative of texts having consistently serious content and purpose, this history highlights the contempt, jocularity, irony, and buffoonery that equally make up the critical spirit of the period. Laughter's scandalous intrusions and corrections are pertinent today when puritanical solemnities of every kind claim the soul of critical writing.

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8 Halftones, black and white

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Bucknell University Press

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Winner of Choice Outstanding Academic Title .

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