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374 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780199564804
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 01 March 2010
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Dangerous Talk examines the "lewd, ungracious, detestable, opprobrious, and rebellious-sounding" speech of ordinary men and women who spoke scornfully of kings and queens. Eavesdropping on lost conversations, it reveals the expressions that got pe...
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374 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780199564804
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 01 March 2010
Description
Dangerous Talk examines the "lewd, ungracious, detestable, opprobrious, and rebellious-sounding" speech of ordinary men and women who spoke scornfully of kings and queens. Eavesdropping on lost conversations, it reveals the expressions that got pe...