Masquerade and Civilization: Carnivalesque in Eighteenth-century English Culture and Fiction

by Terry Castle

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Public masquerades were a popular and controversial form of urban entertainment in England for most of the eighteenth century. This study shows how they played a subversive role in the eighteenth century imagination.
  • ISBN10 041600962X
  • ISBN13 9780416009620
  • Publish Date 6 November 1986 (first published 1 January 1986)
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 10 July 1992
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 384
  • Language English