Hostile Humor in Renaissance France

Autor*innen

• Bruce Hayes

Parameter

• 234 Seiten
• 9 Lesestunden

• Kunst & Kultur
• Über Literatur

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The book delves into the emergence of hostile humor in sixteenth-century France, exploring how pamphlets and plays became vehicles for aggressive satire during a tumultuous era. Bruce Hayes examines the role of irony and ridicule in shaping public discourse as tensions escalated leading to the French Wars of Religion, highlighting the destructive nature of this form of humor and its impact on society.

• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2020
• Einband: Hardcover