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Eighteenth-century British culture is often seen as polite and sentimental - the product of an emerging middle class. This title uncovers a strain of cruelty coursing through the period that reminds us just how slowly ordinary sufferings became worthy of sympathy. It expands our understanding of many of the century's major authors.

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"One of the most original, readable, educational, and entertaining books in the field of eighteenth-century studies I have read in the past decade." (Helen Deutsch, University of California, Los Angeles)"

Cruelty and Laughter Forgotten Comic Literature

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/12/2011
      ISBN13: 9780226146188, 978-0226146188
      ISBN10: 0226146189

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Eighteenth-century British culture is often seen as polite and sentimental - the product of an emerging middle class. This title uncovers a strain of cruelty coursing through the period that reminds us just how slowly ordinary sufferings became worthy of sympathy. It expands our understanding of many of the century's major authors.

      Trade Review
      "One of the most original, readable, educational, and entertaining books in the field of eighteenth-century studies I have read in the past decade." (Helen Deutsch, University of California, Los Angeles)"

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