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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 Ho



Table of Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. ix*I Introduction, pg. 1*II Diatribe, pg. 24*III Parody, pg. 67*IV The distorting mirror, pg. 148*V Conclusion, pg. 231*Abbreviations, pg. 245*Notes, pg. 247*Brief bibliography, pg. 279*Index, pg. 283

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 08/03/2015
      ISBN13: 9780691619415, 978-0691619415
      ISBN10: 0691619417

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      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 Ho



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*Preface, pg. vii*Contents, pg. ix*I Introduction, pg. 1*II Diatribe, pg. 24*III Parody, pg. 67*IV The distorting mirror, pg. 148*V Conclusion, pg. 231*Abbreviations, pg. 245*Notes, pg. 247*Brief bibliography, pg. 279*Index, pg. 283

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