A Companion to Satire

A Companion to Satire
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Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages : 624
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ISBN-10 : 9781405171991
ISBN-13 : 1405171995
Rating : 4/5 (995 Downloads)

Book Synopsis A Companion to Satire by : Ruben Quintero

Download or read book A Companion to Satire written by Ruben Quintero and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of twenty-nine original essays, surveys satire fromits emergence in Western literature to the present. Tracks satire from its first appearances in the prophetic booksof the Old Testament through the Renaissance and the Englishtradition in satire to Michael Moore’s satirical movieFahrenheit 9/11. Highlights the important influence of the Bible in the literaryand cultural development of Western satire. Focused mainly on major classical and European influences onand works of English satire, but also explores the complex andfertile cultural cross-semination within the tradition of literarysatire.


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