Review
A Century-Old British Satire Hits Home
Lilith, Vol.46(3), pp.42-44
01 Oct 2021
Abstract
Not really, of course: this novel is a story about an upper-class English family: estates, Oxbridge pedigrees, the grand tour before deciding to take a job, the snobbery, the antisemitism, the rather surprising feminism, and a world absolutely dominated by media. Following their elite education, Jane and Johnny spend their time raging against the world of "Potterism," which they and their set see as the shallow and unsophisticated preference for sensationalism over fact, a media pandering to the basest entertainment-hungry instincts of its readership. SHARRONA PEARL is Associate Professor of Medical Ethics at Drexel University.
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Details
- Title
- A Century-Old British Satire Hits Home
- Creators
- Sharrona Pearl
- Publication Details
- Lilith, Vol.46(3), pp.42-44
- Publisher
- Lilith; New York
- Resource Type
- Review
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Health Administration; Africana Studies
- Identifiers
- 991021863129004721