David Rudrum

Trolling Before the Internet

An Offline History of Insult, Provocation, and Public Humiliation in the Literary Classics

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Produktbeschreibung

"An accessible and engaging history of trolling before the internet, tracing the ancestry of its textual and rhetorical strategies from ancient Greece to the 20th century. Taking in the contrarianism of Lord Byron, the wit of Oscar Wilde, insult trading in Shakespeare, Jonathan Swift's disaster trolling, Martin Luther's dissemination of heresy through a public discussion forum, the grotesquely misogynistic abuse hurled in Archilochus's poetry, the taunting provocations of avant-garde manifestos, and not forgetting public humiliations in Beowulf, David Rudrum demonstrates that trolls' rhetorical shenanigans are neither new nor unvanquishable"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 228mm x 159mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 572g
• ISBN-13: 9781501391521
• ISBN-10: 1501391526
• Artikelnr.: 63431844

Autorenporträt

David Rudrum

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgements Prefatory note on content Introduction: Trolling in/and/as
Literature Chapter One: Trolling is . Trolling and its definitions: What we
(don't) know so far Chapter Two: .to defame, insult, or humiliate an
opponent in public. From flyting to flaming; from Beowulf to Shakespeare
Chapter Three: .or to make a public statement. Trolling the Pope: Martin
Luther Goes Viral Chapter Four: .of views that are not sincerely held. U
Can Has Babeez! - Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal Chapter Five: .but
instead aim to court controversy. Oscar Wilde as a contrarian troll, or,
How to put the 'wit' into 'Twitter' Chapter Six: .or to be provocative or
vexatious. 'A Slap in the Face of Public Taste': some avant-garde trolls
Chapter Seven: .sometimes with legal consequences. Social justice trolling:
Émile Zola's J'Accuse.! Conclusions Index