Swearing: A Social History of Foul Language, Oaths and Profanity in English by Geoffrey Hughes

Swearing: A Social History of Foul Language, Oaths and Profanity in English

Geoffrey Hughes

304 pages • first pub 1991 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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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, Geoffrey Hughes explores a fascin...

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