Preposterous Violence

Preposterous Violence
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Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages : 360
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015014375847
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Book Synopsis Preposterous Violence by : James B. Twitchell

Download or read book Preposterous Violence written by James B. Twitchell and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1989 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twitchell begins the story in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, when the 'cheap thrills' available to mass audiences included bull-baiting and other blood sports, Punch-and-Judy shows, penny dreadfuls, and the illustrations of William Hogarth.


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