Hogarth's harlot : sacred parody in enlightenment England
In 1732, a blasphemous burlesque of the Christian Atonement was published in England without comment from the government or Church of England. The author explains this absence of censure through a detailed examination of the parameters of blasphemy in 18th century England
Print Book, English, 2003
Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Md., 2003
Church history
xxii, 424 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
9780801873911, 0801873916
1152929354
Introduction - the sacrament of the Eucharist; Blasphemy and belief - the case of a Harlot's progress; Redemption; Mediation; The end of days; Smart - the Magnificat and Jubilate agno; Blake - the harlot and the Lamb.