Hubbub by Emily Cockayne
Features anecdotes from the quirky lives of the famous and the obscure - all of whom confronted urban nuisances and physical ailments. This book addresses an unpleasant aspect of city life (noise, violence, mouldy food, smelly streets, poor air quality). It creates a nuanced portrait of early modern English city life.
"'Taking us by the hand, Emily Cockayne leads us through the streets of early modern London - Manchester, Bath and Nottingham, too - and shows us a series of Hogarthian prints come to life' Kathryn Hughes, The Guardian 'To read Hubbub is to be transported back to that sense of childlike wonder in everything gross and revolting... One of the many delights of this jolly, anecdote-laden history is that, just when you think it can't get any worse, it does.' Melanie McGrath, The Evening Standard '...a thoroughly entertaining read, one whose greatest pleasurers lie in the extraordinary accumulation of incidental detail to be found in its teeming pages.' Andrew Holgate, The Sunday Times '...hugely enjoyable... the horrors of city living are so vividly brought to life in this scholarly and readable book.' Andrea Stuart, The Independent 'A humane and erudite work. The reader cannot help but find a shared humanity between the early modern age and our own.' Clare Clark, Times Literary Supplement"
Emily Cockayne is senior lecturer, University of East Anglia (UEA), UK.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780300137569 |
| ISBN 10 | 0300137567 |
| Title | Hubbub |
| Author | Emily Cockayne |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Yale University Press |
| Year published | 2008-04-15 |
| Number of pages | 352 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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