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ix, 209 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm. |
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| Series |
Transits: literature, thought & culture, 1650-1850 |
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Transits (Bucknell University)
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 183-202) and index. |
| Summary |
"Writers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries--a period of vast economic change--recognized the global trade in alcohol and tobacco promised a brighter financial future for England, even as overindulgence at home posed serious moral pitfalls. This engaging and original study explores how literary satirists represented these consumables--and related anxieties about the changing nature of Britishness--in their work. Riley traces the satirical treatment of wine, beer, ale, gin, pipe tobacco, and snuff from the beginning of Charles II's reign, through the boom in tobacco's popularity, to the end of the Gin Craze in libertine poems and plays, anonymous verse, ballad operas, and the satire of canonical writers such as Gay , Pope, and Swift. Focusing on consumption and resultant social concerns about class, race, and gender, Consuming Anxieties examines how satirists championed Britain's economic strength on the world stage while critiquing the effects of these consumable luxuries on the British body and consciousness"-- Provided by publisher. |
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English literature -- 17th century -- History and criticism.
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English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism.
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Drinking of alcoholic beverages in literature.
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Tobacco in literature.
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Satire, English -- History and criticism.
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Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 17th century.
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Literature and society -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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National characteristics, British, in literature.
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| Genre/Form |
Literary criticism.
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| Added Title |
Alcohol, tobacco, and trade in British satire, 1660-1751 |
| ISBN |
9781684485314 paperback |
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1684485312 paperback |
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9781684485321 hardcover |
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1684485320 hardcover |
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9781684485338 electronic book |
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9781684485345 electronic book |
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