“Ha, ha, ha”: Modes of Satire in the Royalist Newsbook The Man in the Moon
The Man in the Moon was the only royalist mercury to come to life after the regicide in 1649 while other royalist newsbooks had either disappeared from the market or were briefly revived. It has variously been labelled as “smutty,” “obscene,” as well as “reactionary and popular,” providing an exampl...
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| Language: | English |
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Société d'Etudes Anglo-Américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles
2013-12-01
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| Series: | XVII-XVIII |
| Online Access: | http://journals.openedition.org/1718/510 |