Trolling Before the Internet

Acknowledgements
Prefatory note on content

Introduction:
Trolling in/and/as Literature
Chapter One: Trolling is ...
Trolling and its definitions: What we (don't) know so far
Chapter Two: ...to defame, insult, or humiliate an opponent in public...
From flyting to flaming; from Beowulf to Shakespeare
Chapter Three: ...or to make a public statement...
Trolling the Pope: Martin Luther Goes Viral
Chapter Four: ...of views that are not sincerely held...
U Can Has Babeez! - Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal
Chapter Five: ...but instead aim to court controversy...
Oscar Wilde as a contrarian troll, or, How to put the 'wit' into 'Twitter'
Chapter Six: ...or to be provocative or vexatious...
'A Slap in the Face of Public Taste': some avant-garde trolls
Chapter Seven: ...sometimes with legal consequences.
Social justice trolling: Emile Zola's J'Accuse...!
Conclusions

Index

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• Literatura: história e crítica
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• Estilo de vida digital

troll; text; rhetoric; literature; controversy; technology; media; social media; online; offline; contrarianism; Lord Byron; wit; Oscar Wilde; insult; Shakespeare; Jonathan Swift; Martin Luther; public discussion forum; Archilochus; provocative; taunt; poetry; public humiliation; Beowulf