Word crimes : blasphemy, culture, and literature in nineteenth-century England

Word crimes : blasphemy, culture, and literature in nineteenth-century England / Joss Marsh.

In 1883 newspaper editor G.W. Foote stood trial three times for blasphemy. Here Joss Marsh reconstructs the forgotten cases of more than 200 working-class "blasphemers" in Victorian England, whose stubborn refusal to silence their "hooligan" voices, along with Foote, helped secur...

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Main Author: Marsh, Joss
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1998.
Subjects:
Foote, G. W. > (George William), > 1850-1915 > Trials, litigation, etc.
Hone, William, > 1780-1842 > Trials, litigation, etc.
English literature > History and criticism.
Blasphemy in literature.
Christianity and literature > England > History > 19th century.
Trials (Blasphemy) > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Language and culture > England > History > 19th century.
Freethinkers > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
Atheism > Great Britain > History > 19th century.
English language > 19th century > Euphemism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Trials, litigation, etc.
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Call Number: PR468.B55 M37 1998
Status: Available

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