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A discourse concerning ridicule and irony in writing (1729)
Anthony Collins and Edward A. Bloom
Is mockery a fair weapon in serious argument? Anthony Collins, the most notorious freethinker of his day, answered yes in 1729, defending ridicule and irony as legitimate tests of solemn nonsense. His discourse traces the tradition of laughing at error from the ancients forward, presented here with a modern scholarly introduction. Sharpen your wit on an old whetstone.
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44 chapters
- 1A DISCOURSE
- 2CONCERNING
- 3Ridicule and Irony IN WRITING
- 4(1729)
- 5Introduction by Edward A. Bloom and Lillian D. Bloom
- 6PUBLICATION NUMBER 142 WILLIAM ANDREWS CLARK MEMORIAL LIBRARY University of California, Los Angeles 1970
- 7INTRODUCTION
- 8II
- 9III
- 10NOTES TO THE INTRODUCTION
- 11A
- 12DISCOURSE
- 13CONCERNING
- 14Ridicule and Irony
- 15IN
- 16WRITING,
- 17IN A
- 18LETTER
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