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DECENCY AND DISORDER:
THE AGE OF CANTSee the full content of this document
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Not-so-Merrie Old England
BY BEN WILSON (FABER, GBP25)
IN the third decade of the 19th century, something very odd happened. England totally lost its sense of humour and became insufferably pompous and correct.The old Hogarthian England of casual drunkenness, bawdy jokes, brutal pastimes and rowdy carnivals was systematic...See the full content of this document
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