Satire Origins and Principles

Name: Satire Origins and Principles
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ISBN: 9781412810609

ISBN-10: 1412810604

ISBN-13: 9781412810609

Edition: 2009

Authors: Matthew Hodgart, Brian A. Connery

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Matthew Hodgart’s Satire is the latest entry in Transaction’sHumor Studies Series. Satire, according to JonathanSwift, is a mirror where beholders generally discovereverybody’s face but their own, and over twenty-fourcenturies the mirror of satirical literature has taken onmany shapes. Yet certain techniques recur continually,certain themes are timeless, and some targets are perennial:politics (the mismanagement of men by other men)has always been a target of satire, as has the war betweensexes.The universality of satire as a mode and creative impulseis demonstrated by the cross-cultural developmentof lampoon and travesty. Its deep roots and variety areshown by the persistence of allegory,…

Book details

List price: $50.95
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Routledge
Publication date: 12/30/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 262
Size: 6.81" wide x 9.25" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English