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Highlights
- Trolling began long before the internet.
- About the Author: David Rudrum is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Huddersfield, UK.
- 320 Pages
- Literary Criticism, Comparative Literature
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About the Book
"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"--Book Synopsis
Trolling began long before the internet. This accessible history traces the ancestry of its textual and rhetorical strategies, by looking at literature from ancient Greece to the 1980s.Trolling is the most controversial genre of writing to have risen to prominence in the 21st century, with far-reaching consequences for its writers and readers alike. But it is too often regarded as a technological problem, confined to the internet. This book takes a very different approach: it regards trolling as a cultural problem with a long and venerable literary history.
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.
About the Author
David Rudrum is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Huddersfield, UK. He is the author or editor of four previous publications, including Supplanting the Postmodern (co-edited with Nicholas Stavris, Bloomsbury, 2015) and Stanley Cavell and the Claim of Literature (2013).Dimensions (Overall): 9.0 Inches (H) x 6.0 Inches (W) x .75 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.31 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 320
Genre: Literary Criticism
Sub-Genre: Comparative Literature
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Format: Hardcover
Author: David Rudrum
Language: English
Street Date: November 14, 2024
TCIN: 1001656801
UPC: 9781501391521
Item Number (DPCI): 247-37-5592
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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