Hostile Humor in Renaissance France

Autori

• Bruce Hayes

Parametri

• 234 pagine
• 9 ore di lettura

• Arte / Cultura
• Sulla letteratura

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The book explores the emergence of aggressive satire in sixteenth-century France, particularly in pamphlets and plays. Bruce Hayes examines how humor evolved into a tool for hostility and ridicule during a tumultuous era preceding the French Wars of Religion, highlighting the social and political implications of this destructive form of satire.

Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2020

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