Radical Satire and Print Culture, 1790-1822 (Oxford English Monographs) [Hardcover]

Marcus Wood (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 15, 1994 | Series: Oxford English Monographs

Radical Satire and Print Culture 1790-1822 focuses on the work produced collaboratively between 1816 and 1822 by the poet and radical journalist William Hone and the brilliant young graphic satirist George Cruikshank. Wood provides a much needed analytical framework for Regency radical satire uncovering a set of new sources and previously unknown cultural contexts for Hone and Cruikshank's work, which is shown to combine modernity and tradition in thrilling ways. Entertaining and original, this is an important contribution to the study of radical satire, which sheds new light on the relations between popular political authors and graphic artists and the major Romantic writers of the period.

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"Historians of British popular radicalism have paid too little attention to the satiric element: to how radicals used humor to undermine established authority. Marcus Wood has done much to redress this deficiency..."--American Historical Review

About the Author

Marcus Wood is at Senior Lecturer, University of West Indies, Mona, Jamaica.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 336 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA (September 15, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198112785
• ISBN-13: 978-0198112785
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.9 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #5,805,079 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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