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(Paperback)
By: Geoffrey Hughes
ISBN: 9780140267075
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Mar 1998
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
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Tracing the history of swearing from ancient Anglo-Saxon traditions and those of the Middle Ages, through Shakespeare, the Enlightenment and the Victorians, to the Lady Chatterley trial and various current trends, this book discusses various contemporary developments, such as the growth of Political Correctness.
