Ridiculous Critics

Augustan Mockery of Critical Judgment

Nonfiction, History, Modern, 18th Century, Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Theory
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Author: ISBN: 9781611486155
Publisher: Bucknell University Press Publication: September 16, 2014
Imprint: Bucknell University Press Language: English
Author:
ISBN: 9781611486155
Publisher: Bucknell University Press
Publication: September 16, 2014
Imprint: Bucknell University Press
Language: English

Ridiculous Critics offers an outline of eighteenth-century literary criticism that questions its image as a civilized practice of cultural refinement and esteem. No longer the equable narrative of texts having consistently serious content and purpose, this history highlights the contempt, jocularity, irony, and buffoonery that equally make up the critical spirit of the period. Laughter’s scandalous intrusions and corrections are pertinent today when puritanical solemnities of every kind claim the soul of critical writing.

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Ridiculous Critics offers an outline of eighteenth-century literary criticism that questions its image as a civilized practice of cultural refinement and esteem. No longer the equable narrative of texts having consistently serious content and purpose, this history highlights the contempt, jocularity, irony, and buffoonery that equally make up the critical spirit of the period. Laughter’s scandalous intrusions and corrections are pertinent today when puritanical solemnities of every kind claim the soul of critical writing.

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