Cruelty and Laughter by Dickie, Simon -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Copyright Title Page Dedication Contents List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: The Unsentimental Eighteenth Century, 1740–70 1. Jestbooks and the Indifference to Reform

Nasty Jokes, Polite Women How to Be a Wag

2. Cripples, Hunchbacks, and the Limits of Sympathy

Deformity Genres Dancing Cripples and the London Stage Streets and Coffeehouses Poetry and Polite Letters Damaged Lives Disabled Bodies and the Inevitability of Laughter

3. Delights of Privilege

Laughing at the Lower Orders Contexts from Social History Frolics, High Jinks, and Violent Freedoms Lovelace at the Haberdasher

4. Joseph Andrews and the Great Laughter Debate

Narrative from a High Horse The Ethics of Ridicule Fielding’s Problem with Parsons

5. Rape Jokes and the Law

Laughter and Disbelief Modesty and the Impossibility of Consent Functions of an Assault Accusing, Making Up, and the Local Magistrate Humors of the Old Bailey

In Conclusion: The Forgotten Best-Sellers of Early English Fiction

Ramble Novels and Slum Comedy Reading for the Filler

Abbreviations Notes Index

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