Title: Disclaimers as Offence Mechanisms in Charles Blount and John Toland
Abstract:This chapter explores the role of subterfuge in the writings of two notorious English free thinkers, Charles Blount and John Toland. It draws on Blount's and Toland's statements and on analogues to th...This chapter explores the role of subterfuge in the writings of two notorious English free thinkers, Charles Blount and John Toland. It draws on Blount's and Toland's statements and on analogues to them to demonstrate the purpose and method of literary insinuation as a subversive technique. It asserts the significance of such texts that were intentionally written in bad faith and that were intended for an audience able to read between the lines. It makes use of the ideas of Sigmund Freud to suggest that such writers made a deliberate attempt to influence their less alert readers through negation.Read More
Publication Year: 1992
Publication Date: 1992-09-03
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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