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Considering satire not as a genre but a potential available to different genres, this text follows two satiric lines through English literature: a line critical of journalism that includes Addison, Austen, and Trollope and one less mannerly, from Swift through to Dickens, Joyce and Orwell.

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Chaucer and the rehearsal of voices; Addison - satire and civility; Swift - the priority of satire; interlude - satire and modern political argument; the addisonian line - Jane Austen; Dickens and satiric excess - ""Little Dorrit""; Trollope and the moderation of satire; ""Ulysses"" - the art of surfeit; Orwell - the return to origins afterword.

The Springs of Liberty The Satiric Tradition and

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      Publisher: Northwestern University Press
      Publication Date: 10/30/1999 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780810117105, 978-0810117105
      ISBN10: 081011710X

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Considering satire not as a genre but a potential available to different genres, this text follows two satiric lines through English literature: a line critical of journalism that includes Addison, Austen, and Trollope and one less mannerly, from Swift through to Dickens, Joyce and Orwell.

      Table of Contents
      Chaucer and the rehearsal of voices; Addison - satire and civility; Swift - the priority of satire; interlude - satire and modern political argument; the addisonian line - Jane Austen; Dickens and satiric excess - ""Little Dorrit""; Trollope and the moderation of satire; ""Ulysses"" - the art of surfeit; Orwell - the return to origins afterword.

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