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The book explores the emergence of aggressive satire in sixteenth-century France, particularly in pamphlets and plays. Bruce Hayes examines how humor evolved into a tool for hostility and ridicule during a tumultuous era preceding the French Wars of Religion, highlighting the social and political implications of this destructive form of satire.
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Hostile Humor in Renaissance France, Bruce Hayes
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- 2020
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Bruce Hayes
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press
- Released
- 2020
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 234
- ISBN13
- 9781644531785
- Series
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- 5 out of 5
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- The book explores the emergence of aggressive satire in sixteenth-century France, particularly in pamphlets and plays. Bruce Hayes examines how humor evolved into a tool for hostility and ridicule during a tumultuous era preceding the French Wars of Religion, highlighting the social and political implications of this destructive form of satire.