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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 408

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Author: Carolyn Wells
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ISBN: 9781619520608
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 308

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Satire, though a form of literature familiar to everyone, is difficult to define. Partaking variously of sarcasm, irony, ridicule, and burlesque, it is exactly synonymous with no one of these. Satire is primarily dependent on the motive of its writer. Unless meant for satire, it is not the real thing; unconscious satire is a contradiction of terms, or a mere figure of speech.Secondarily, satire depends on the reader. What seems to us satire to-day, may not seem so tomorrow. Or, what seems satire to a pessimistic mind, may seem merely good-natured chaff to an optimist. This, of course, refers to the subtler forms of satire. Many classic satires are direct lampoons or broadsides which admit of only one interpretation.Literature numbers many satirists among its most honoured names; and the best satires show intellect, education, and a keen appreciation of human nature. Often satire provides best examples of a kindly tolerance for the vice or folly in question, and even hint the acceptance of the conditions condemned. Again in the hands of a carping and unsympathetic critic satire is used with vitriolic effects on sins for which the writer has no mercy.It is the compiler¿s regret that a great mass of material is necessarily omitted for lack of space; other selections are discarded because of their present untimeliness, which deprives them of their intrinsic interest. But an endeavour has been made to represent the greatest and best satiric writers, and also to include at least extracts from the masterpieces of satire.

Author: Carolyn Wells
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781528277778
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 392

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Excerpt from A Satire Anthology This, of course, refers to the subtler forms of satire. Many classic satires are direct lampoons or broadsides which admit of only one interpreta tion. Literature numbers many satirists among its most honoured names; and the best satires show intellect, education, and a keen appreciation of human nature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author: Carolyn Wells
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Languages : en
Pages : 410

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Author: Nicholas Bakalar
Publisher: Plume
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Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 488

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Combining superb writing with scathing wit, American Satire is literature with a laugh and history with a hiss. It stands as a definitive demonstration of what the land of the free-speaking and home of the unafraid is all about.

Author: Evan R. Davis
Publisher: Broadview Press
ISBN: 1770485902
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 378

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The Broadview Anthology of British Satire, 1660-1750 provides instructors and students with a thorough introduction to the highpoint of British literary satire. Reflecting current pedagogical practice and scholarship, the anthology presents works by thirty satirists, including eleven women. The contents are expansive: they include canonical, frequently taught texts, less anthologized works by major satirists, and works by writers who have been traditionally excluded from anthologies. Biographical headnotes, crisp footnotes, and carefully edited texts make the book suitable for use in both undergraduate and graduate classrooms. By turns raucous, piercing, acerbic, winking, vexatious, and sly, the satires in the anthology will provoke fresh, dynamic approaches to this crucial literary period.

Author: Paul Allen Miller
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134371950
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 433

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A wide variety of texts by the Latin satirists are presented here in a fully loaded resource to provide an innovative reading of satire's relation to Roman ideology. Brimming with notes, commentaries, essays and texts in translation, this book succeeds in its mission to help the student understand the history of Latin's modern scholarly reception. Focusing on the linguistic difficulties and problems of usage, and examining aspects of meter and style necessary for poetry appreciation, the commentary places each selection in its own historical context then using essays and critical excerpt, the genre's most salient features are elucidated to provide a further understanding of its place in history. Extremely student friendly, this stands well both as a companion to Latin Erotic Elegy and in its own right as an invaluable fund of knowledge for any Latin literature scholar.

Author: Nicholas Bakalar
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0452011744
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 481

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This entertaining, informative collection covers the best of American satire—from Ben Franklin's cutting satiric attacks to Nathaniel Hawthorne's Celestial Railroad, Calvin Trillin's Old Marrieds, Mark Twain's American Abroad to P.J. O'Rourke's The Innocents Abroad—Updated, a late 20th-century take on Twain's classic piece. "Entertaining and satisfying...An excellent introduction."—Amazon.com.

Author: Carolyn Wells
Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 5040885148
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 506

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Author: Jonathan Gray
Publisher: NYU Press
ISBN: 0814731996
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 298

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This work examines what happens when comedy becomes political, and politics become funny. A series of original essays focus on a range of programmes, from 'The Daily Show' to 'South Park'.