City of Laughter

Vic Gatrell

RRP: £35.00

Publisher: ATLANTIC BOOKS

Publication Date : 12/10/2006

Hardback

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Guardian Bookshop Notes:

Subtitled, "Sex & Satire In Eighteenth-Century London". Gatrell's remarkable book argues that we cannot comprehend our own capacity for licentiousness or our sense of humour without understanding this unique period in English history.

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Publisher's description:

James Boswell observed that a person living in eighteenth-century London, 'may be in some degree be whatever character they choose'. This book argues that we cannot comprehend our own capacity for licentiousness or our sense of humour without understanding this unique period in English history.

ISBN: 9781843543213