Disciplining Satire
Author | : Matthew J. Kinservik |
Publisher | : Bucknell University Press |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 2002 |
ISBN-10 | : 0838755127 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780838755129 |
Rating | : 4/5 (129 Downloads) |
Download or read book Disciplining Satire written by Matthew J. Kinservik and published by Bucknell University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the playwriting careers of Henry Fielding, Samuel Foote, and Charles Macklin, the three most controversial and heavily censored satiric dramatists of the century, Disciplining Satire pays particular attention to what type of satiric expression the law encouraged, not just to what it prohibited."--BOOK JACKET.