The Literature Of Satire

Author : Charles A. Knight
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2004-02-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781139452281

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The Literature of Satire by Charles A. Knight Pdf

The Literature of Satire is an accessible but sophisticated and wide-ranging study of satire from the classics to the present in plays, novels and the press as well as in verse. In it Charles Knight analyses the rhetorical problems created by satire's complex relations to its community, and examines how it exploits the genres it borrows. He argues that satire derives from an awareness of the differences between appearance, ideas and discourse. Knight provides illuminating readings of such satirists familiar and unfamiliar as Horace, Lucian, Jonson, Molière, Swift, Pope, Byron, Flaubert, Ostrovsky, Kundera, and Rushdie. This broad-ranging examination sheds light on the nature and functions of satire as a mode of writing, as well as on theoretical approaches to it. It will be of interest to scholars interested in literary theory as well as those specifically interested in satire.

Author : Matthew Hodgart
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-07-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781351492126

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Satire by Matthew Hodgart Pdf

Satire, according to Jonathan Swift, is a mirror where beholders generally discover everybody's face but their own. and over twenty-four centuries the mirror of satirical literature has taken on many 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 between sexes.The universality of satire as a mode and creative impulse is demonstrated by the cross-cultural development of lampoon and travesty. Its deep roots and variety are shown by the persistence of allegory, fable, aphorism, and other literary subgenres. Hodgart analyzes satire at some of its most exuberant moments in Western literature, from Aristophanes to Brecht. His analysis is supplemented by a selection and discussion of prints and cartoons.Satire continues to help us make sense of the conventions that seem to have been almost genetically transmitted from their satiric ancestors to our digital contemporaries. This is especially evident in Hodgart's repeated references to satire's predilection for the ephemeral, for camouflaging itself among the everyday, for speaking to the moment, and thus for integrating itself as deeply as possible into society. Brian Connery's new introduction places Hodgart's analysis in its proper place in the development of twentieth-century criticism.

Author : Leonard Feinberg
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Satire
ISBN : 0813813786

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Introduction to Satire by Leonard Feinberg Pdf

Author : Gilbert Highet
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-08
Category : Humor
ISBN : 9781400849772

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Anatomy of Satire by Gilbert Highet Pdf

Literary satire assumes three main forms: monologue, parody, and narrative (some fictional, some dramatic). This book by Gilbert Highet is a study of these forms, their meaning, their variation, their powers. Its scope is the range of satirical literature—from ancient Greece to modern America, from Aristophanes to Ionesco, from the parodists of Homer to the parodists of Eisenhower. It shows how satire originated in Greece and Rome, what its initial purposes and methods were, and how it revived in the Renaissance, to continue into our own era. Contents: Preface. I. Introduction. II. Diatribe. III. Parody. IV. The Distorting Mirror. V. Conclusion. Notes. Brief Bibliography. Index. Originally published in 1962. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Arthur Pollard
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 99 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-06
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781315313849

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Satire by Arthur Pollard Pdf

First published in 1970, this work explores the literary genre of satire. After identifying the definitive aspects of satire, it goes on to examine the subjects which can be susceptible to satire, the modes and means of satire, the tone of satire and the satirist’s relationship with the reader. In doing so, it introduces the reader to a number of key satirical writers such as Geoffrey Chaucer, Jonathan Swift, John Dryden, Samuel Johnson and Henry Fielding. This book presents a comprehensive overview the genre and provides a useful starting point for those wishing to further study satirical literature.

Author : Frank Palmeri
Publisher : University of Delaware Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : European fiction
ISBN : 0874138299

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Satire, History, Novel by Frank Palmeri Pdf

Narrative satire was one of the dominant literary forms of the 18th century, but it came to be displaced by novelistic and historical forms of narrative. Palmeri (English, U. of Miami) argues that these new forms defined themselves in opposition to satire, but also by appropriating elements of satir

Author : Mary Ellen Snodgrass
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : STANFORD:36105018392469

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Encyclopedia of Satirical Literature by Mary Ellen Snodgrass Pdf

Contains entries on key works, characters, and authors of satire, terms, styles, publications, and literary periods. Entries for individual works offer plot summaries and analysis of satirical content, plus excerpts. Includes a timeline of satire from the eighth century BC to the present, cross references, and bibliographic citations with each entry. Includes bandw photos and illustrations. For students and lovers of satire. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : David Worcester
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : Burlesque (Theater)
ISBN : OCLC:188152

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The Art of Satire by David Worcester Pdf

Because satire cannot be fixed in a conventional form or genre, it resists analysis, but as David Worcester demonstrates in this lively and helpful book, satirical literature can be showed to have followed a definite evolution, with complex and sublte forms arising out of simple and primitive ones. Mr. Worcester traces the progression of satire from invective to burlesque and from there to the varied modes of irony. He discusses the various forms satire has taken in English literature, and the motives behind its impetus at different periods in its history, and touches on the possibilities of satire and the uses of irony in literature in our own time. 'The Art of Satire' provides both a historical and critical introduction to the uses of literary satire, and in analyzing the technique of irony clarifies one of the most subtle and powerful principles of literary art.

Author : Thomas James Mathias
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1801
Category : Verse satire, English
ISBN : HARVARD:HXIMD3

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The Pursuits of Literature by Thomas James Mathias Pdf

Author : Ronald Paulson
Publisher : Prentice Hall
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105002540834

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Satire: Modern Essays in Criticism by Ronald Paulson Pdf

For those engaged in a detailed study of this literary form.

Author : Dustin Griffin
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-03-17
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780813156248

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Satire by Dustin Griffin Pdf

Here is the ideal introduction to satire for the student and, for the experienced scholar, an occasion to reconsider the uses, problems, and pleasures of satire in light of contemporary theory. Satire is a staple of the literary classroom. Dustin Griffin moves away from the prevailing moral-didactic approach established thirty some years ago to a more open view and reintegrates the Menippean tradition with the tradition of formal verse satire. Exploring texts from Aristophanes to the moderns, with special emphasis on the eighteenth century, Griffin uses a dozen figures—Horace, Juvenal, Persius, Lucian, More, Rabelais, Donne, Dryden, Pope, Swift, Blake, and Byron—as primary examples. Because satire often operates as a mode or procedure rather than as a genre, Griffin offers not a comprehensive theory but a set of critical perspectives. Some of his topics are traditional in satire criticism: the role of satire as moralist, the nature of satiric rhetoric, the impact of satire on the political order. Others are new: the problems of satire and closure, the pleasure it affords readers and writers, and the socioeconomic status of the satirist. Griffin concludes that satire is problematic, open-ended, essayistic, and ambiguous in its relationship to history, uncertain in its political effect, resistant to formal closure, more inclined to ask questions than provide answers, and ambivalent about the pleasures it offers.

Author : Hugh Walker
Publisher : Forgotten Books
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-21
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0265561043

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English Satire and Satirists (Classic Reprint) by Hugh Walker Pdf

Excerpt from English Satire and Satirists The word satire, then, has more than one meaning. As there is a Comic Spirit, so there is a Satiric Spirit; and as there is a form of the drama we call Comedy, so there is a form of verse we call Satire. But as the Comic Spirit may manifest itself in the novel or the poem no less than in the comedy, so the Satiric Spirit may appear in prose as well as in verse, and both in verse and in prose it assumes manifold shapes. There are satirical novels and tales, essays and allegories. There are satirical lyrics and even satirical odes; and Paradise Lost itself: contains fragments of satire. What may be called the classical satire of England is derived from the satire of the Latin poets; and as the Latin satirists adopted the hexameter, so their English imitators used the English equivalent, the heroic couplet. When Hall wrote the often-quoted lines, I first adventure: follow me who list, And be the second English satirist. 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 : Mark Bosco,Kimberly Rae Connor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123263225

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Academic Novels as Satire by Mark Bosco,Kimberly Rae Connor Pdf

This book examines satirical portrayals of academia as exhibited in works of academic fiction, revealing the way in which this genre represents University life to the broader reading public and enables members of that sub-culture to critically engage their own negotiations of individual, communal and institutional identity. This work should appeal to scholars interested in the literary genre of satire, in contemporary University life, and in literature. contemporary cultural issues, problems, and performances by way of interpretations of academic fiction that observe this phenomenon. Composed by practicing academics who also appreciate satire aimed at their profession, the authors offer this collection as a correction to increasingly cynical portrayals of academic life. Instead, the authors provide interpretations that identify satire as a timely and effective genre for critically commenting on the state of academia because it reveals ethical dimensions that engage an ironic voice to negotiate issues of culture and identity. Included among the essays are the results of responses gathered from practicing authors in the genre of academic satire who provide commentary and insights exclusive to this collection.

Author : Shane Herron
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-27
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781108834438

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Irony and Earnestness in Eighteenth-Century Literature by Shane Herron Pdf

Shane Herron demonstrates how eighteenth-century irony was used not only in derision but also to clarify and sharpen emotional investments.

Author : James Harley
Publisher : Kessinger Publishing
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009-04
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1104323133

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The Press Or Literary Chitchat by James Harley Pdf

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.