Comedy, caricature and the social order, 1820-50 / Brian Maidment.
Published / Created:
Manchester ; Manchester University Press ; 2013.New York : Manchester University Press ; 2013.New York : distributed in the United States exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.
Physical Description:
x, 244 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-239) and index.
Contents:
Part I. Regency and early Victorian graphic humour - modes and markets. 1. Graphic bric-a-brac? Approaching early nineteenth century graphic humour -- 2. Regency visual culture in the marketplace -- 3. Continuity, innovation and change: comic visual culture 1820-1850 -- Part 2. The social vision of Regency and early Victorian comic visual culture. 4. Reflections in a print shop window: from street theatre to crime scene -- 5. Robert Seymour: a jobbing artist in the marketplace -- 6. The 'march of intellect' as a comic event: mockery, heroism and social change -- 7. Revisiting the Regency - Punch's dustmen.
Subject Terms:
Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. | Caricatures and cartoons -- Social aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. | English wit and humor, Pictorial -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. | Cartoonists -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century. | Printing -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century.