Vic Gatrell
Auteur de City of Laughter: Sex and Satire in Eighteenth-Century London
A propos de l'auteur
Vic Gatrell is a professor of British history at the University of Essex.
Œuvres de Vic Gatrell
Oeuvres associées
A new view of society; and, Report to the county of Lanark (1970) — Directeur de publication — 42 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom canonique
- Gatrell, Vic
- Nom légal
- Gatrell, Victor
- Autres noms
- Gatrell, V. A. C.
- Date de naissance
- 1941
- Sexe
- male
- Lieu de naissance
- South Africa
- Études
- Rhodes University (BA)
Cambridge University (BA|Ph.D) - Professions
- Lecturer, Reader in British Social and Cultural History in the Cambridge
Chair of British History, University of Essex - Organisations
- University of Essex
- Prix et distinctions
- Whitfield Prize, Royal Historical Society (1994)
Wolfson Prize for History and Biography (2006)
PEN Foundation’s Hessell-Tiltman Prize (2006)
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 5
- Aussi par
- 1
- Membres
- 412
- Popularité
- #59,116
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 6
- ISBN
- 14
There is no doubt Catrell is the master of the subject; the book is authoritative, indeed exhaustive. For, sadly, the light-hearted nature of his subject matter has failed to rub off on him and, for all its intrinsic interest, this is far from being a light read. To be literal, the book itself (printed throughout on glazed paper) is heavy enough to make your arms hurt; don't try it last thing at night unless you fancy combining your bedtime reading with a little weight-lifting.
I feel mean criticising this book on this account; clearly two other reviewers loved every word. And don't get me wrong, the book is full of stuff. I just wish the author's style had been lighter, the print less microscopic, and a good editor had persuaded him to cut the word-count drastically. On the plus side, that heavy paper means the illustrations are numerous, good quality and inset in the text; something which goes quite a way to counterbalance my other quibbles.… (plus d'informations)