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English Satire and Satirists

Book by Hugh Walker; J. M. Dent & Sons, 1925

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Satire, English--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...satirists; but when he wrote satire in verse he chose the octosyllabic...is one of the greatest of satires; but its structure is stanzaic...however, of dealing only with satire in verse must be rejected...examined. Swifts greatest satires are in prose. Indeed, a...or Latin, French, and English satirists
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English Clandestine Satire, 1660-1702

Book by Harold Love; Oxford University Press, 2004

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English Literature--Early Modern, 1500-1700--History And Criticism, Great Britain--History--Stuarts, 1603-1714--Historiography, Politics And Literature--Great Britain--History--17th Century, Satire, English--History And Criticism, Underground Literature--Great Britain--History And Criticism, Verse Satire, English--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...A good deal of later English written lampooning was...of expression. Such satire is always personal...pentameter 21 Complaint and Satire in Early English Literature...urban orientation for satire. 27 Discussed in Peter...History of Early Modern English Literature, 399-427...
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Notes on English Verse Satire

Book by Humbert Wolfe; Harcourt Brace, 1929

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English Poetry--History And Criticism, Satire, English--History And Criticism

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

CHAPTER IV THE GOLDEN AGE OF ENGLISH SATIRE "Satire has always shone among the rest, And is the boldest...he was to establish himself as the greatest of the English. The period of his life, embracing as it did the...
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Aphra Behn's English Feminism: Wit and Satire

Book by Dolors Altaba-Artal; Susquehanna University Press, 1999

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Behn, Aphra--1640-1689--Criticism And Interpretation, Feminism And Literature--England--History--17th Century, Satire, English--History And Criticism, Women And Literature--England--History--17th Century

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...since the basic technique of satire is distortion, usually in...satirical, farcical comedy.5 Satire is particularly comic because...finds the play essentially English in tone ... witty, and gay...Spanish narra- tive tale into English dialogue, independent and...
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Ginx's Baby: His Birth and Other Misfortunes: A Satire

Book by A Satire; G. Routledge & Sons, 1871

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Charities, Fiction, Satire, English

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...that they should have felt themselves constrained to make objections when they obviously had none to make. To take an instance: One not unkindly critic declares that the author "OFTEN mistakes invective for satire,"--a remark so para

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Journal Articles on: satire english

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Patient Grissil and Jonsonian Satire

Journal article by Tom Rutter; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 48, 2008

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Chettle, Henry--Criticism and interpretation, Chettle, Henry--Works, Dekker, Thomas (English playwright)--Criticism and interpretation, Dekker, Thomas (English playwright)--Works, Dramatists--Criticism and interpretation, Dramatists--Works, Every Man Out of His Humour (Play)--Criticism and interpretation, Haughton, William Robert--Criticism and interpretation, Haughton, William Robert--Works, Jonson, Ben--Criticism and interpretation, Jonson, Ben--Works, Literary styles--Analysis, Patient Grissil (Play)--Criticism and interpretation, Playwrights--Criticism and interpretation, Playwrights--Works, Satire--Analysis, Style, Literary--Analysis

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...substitutes for these banished satires." (18) Less straightforwardly...Jonsons decision to write satire was a conscious act of artistic...Kernan, The Cankered Muse: Satire of the English Renaissance, Yale Studies in English 142 (New Haven: Yale Univ...
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Cruikshank, Thackeray, and the Victorian Eclipse of Satire

Journal article by Frank Palmeri; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 44, 2004

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Cruikshank, George--Criticism and interpretation, English literature--Criticism and interpretation, Satire--Criticism and interpretation, Thackeray, William Makepeace--Criticism and interpretation

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...from which the objects of the satire deviate, I believe that narrative satires are striking for the way they...observes a move away from satire in Cruikshanks career--"from early satires that have a strong moral basis...Frank Palmeri is professor of English at the University of Miami and the author of Satire in Narrative (1990) and...
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English Clandestine Satire, 1660-1702

Journal article by Robert Wilcher; The Modern Language Review, Vol. 101, 2006

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Books--Book reviews, English Clandestine Satire, 1660-1702 (Book)--Book reviews

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English Clandestine Satire, 1660-1702. by Robert Wilcher English Clandestine Satire, 1660...correspondence, and clandestine satire are often major sources for...of orally composed communal satire, and Suckling is singled...identity. Clandestine State satires were designed for a much more...
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Intertextual Influences in Byron's Juvenalian Satire

Journal article by Steven E. Jones; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 33, 1993

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Byron, George Gordon, Lord--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)--Analysis, Satire--Analysis

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...also including the satires of Persius) in 1817...complicated: Giffords English text somewhat unexpectedly...he learns to write satire; in retrospect we...the third edition of Satires De Juvenal, Traduites...critical commonplace that English writers of the eighteenth...Johnsons Juvenalian Satire on London: A Different...A Blueprint for English Bards and Scotch Reviewers...
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De-Gendering Genre: Aphra Behn and the Tradition of English Verse Satire

Journal article by Elizabeth V. Young; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 81, 2002

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Behn, Aphra--Criticism and interpretation, Satiric poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Verse satire--Criticism and interpretation

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...to equal professional in the satire on Dryden. In that move she...has found a voice for female satire, and she has revealed that...the practical aspect of satire--than any male satirists...she demonstrates in her early satires; they could also rise above...The Brink of All We Hate: English Satires on Women 1660-1750...

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Magazine Articles on: satire english

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Satire Ain't Fair

Magazine article by Richard Alleva; Commonweal, Vol. 124, July 18, 1997

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Citizen Ruth (Motion picture)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Satire--Usage, Video recordings--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

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SATIRE AINT FAIR by Richard Alleva `Citizen Ruth...video and laser disk, does what any genuine satire must do: It offends our sensibilities for...Comment); in other words, a phony. But satire has an obligation only to be moral, not...
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Learning English? Get a Tracksuit

Magazine article by Brenda Maddox; New Statesman, Vol. 128, February 19, 1999

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Accents and accentuation--Analysis, Americans in United Kingdom--Anecdotes, cartoons, satire, etc., Britons--Languages, English language--Diction

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Learning English? Get a tracksuit by Brenda Maddox For...that she has succeeded in acquiring an English accent. I tried and failed - and believe...all that. Besides, of all accents, English is the most despised - villainous, imperial...
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Hogarth's London: Satire and the Street: As Tate Britain This Month Opens a Major Exhibition Devoted to the Artist, Christine Riding Looks at William Hogarth's Particular View of the Street Life of 18th-Century London, and at What His Interpretation Presents in Comparison with the Artistic Offerings of His Continental Competitors

Magazine article by Christine Riding; History Today, Vol. 57, February 2007

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British history--Analysis, British painting--Criticism and interpretation, British painting--History, English painters--Criticism and interpretation, English painters--Works, Hogarth, William (English painter)--Criticism and interpretation, Hogarth, William (English painter)--Works, Painters, English--Criticism and interpretation, Painters, English--Works, Painting, British--Criticism and interpretation, Painting, British--History

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...ancient Rome--to create a satire in the form of a survival...disorderliness evoked in cheap satires that flooded Londons buoyant...that was self-consciously English, in that it eschewed sentiment...observational approach combined with satire. Through the urban scenes...Hogarth sought to wrestle the English capital from foreign hands...
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Nasty Habits - Satire and the Medieval Monk

Magazine article by Edward Coleman; History Today, Vol. 43, June 1993

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English wit and humor--12th century, Monastic and religious life--12th century, Religion and humor--History

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

Nasty habits - satire and the medieval monk. by Edward Coleman...writers. Although often in the form of satire, they nevertheless expressed serious...writing was the use of witty anecdote and satire. Their jokes almost certainly had a serious...
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Dutch Fans Sing in English. Could Our Fans Sing in Any Foreign Language

Magazine article by Hunter Davies; New Statesman, Vol. 132, March 3, 2003

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Arsenal Football Club Ltd.--Anecdotes, cartoons, satire, etc., Football teams--Anecdotes, cartoons, satire, etc., Football teams--Public opinion, Manchester United--Anecdotes, cartoons, satire, etc., Soccer fans--Anecdotes, cartoons, satire, etc.

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Dutch fans sing in English. Could our fans sing in any foreign language by Hunter Davies On...of ours. After Arsenals goal, the Ajax fans started singing, in English, "Youre shit and you know you are." Imagine Arsenal fans, or...

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Newspaper Articles on: satire english

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Whose Show Is It Anyway? Taking Liberties with Leonard Bernstein: Anna Christy as Cunegonde with Artists of the Company in the English National Opera's Production of Candide

Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), July 2, 2008

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Candide: A Comic Opera Based on Voltaire's Satire (Play)

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Cunegonde with Artists of the Company in the English National Operas Production of Candide...Coliseum. The morning after its premiere, English National Operasmarketing department rushed...the chorus in Candide. What, indeed? English National Operas Candide is at the Coliseum...
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'Pinafore' Satire Sails at Wolf Trap

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 2, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Pinafore Satire Sails at Wolf Trap. Byline: Caroline Duffy, SPECIAL TO THE...Gilbert and Sullivan Players at Wolf Trap June 10, is a hilarious satire on the absurdities of English society in the 19th century. The operetta takes place aboard...
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Tattoo Gays with Health Warnings, Demands Clerg Yman; the Rev Peter Mullen: 'It's Satire'

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 7, 2008

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Gays

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Warnings, Demands Clerg Yman; the Rev Peter Mullen: Its Satire. Byline: Beth Hale A LEADING clergyman is facing calls...sense of humour or any understanding of the tradition of English satire would immediately assume that theyre light-hearted...
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Sex and Satire, a Dark Comedy Set on Campus

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, April 28, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Sex and satire, a dark comedy set on campus Byline...comic writer, but darkly so, laying the satire on thick. His hero, or anti-hero...distinguished English predecessors in the satire genre would be easy, but lets not make...
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Why Satire's Not for Everyone; A Down-to-the-Bone Laughing Matter

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 30, 2006

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Comedians

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Why Satires Not for Everyone; A Down...TIMES Every age is ripe for satire, but ours is unusually so...sourpusses demanding censorship, satire pricks pomposity, pokes fun...Proposal," attacking absentee English landlords in Ireland with...But Sacha Baron Cohen, an English Jew who plays a mustachioed...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: satire english

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Oldham, John , English Poet and Satirist

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

OLDHAM, JOHN , English poet and satirist 1653 83, English poet and satirist. His best-known works are the ironical Satires against the Jesuits (1681) and A Satire against Virtue (1679). He was much admired by Dryden, who wrote the beautiful...
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English Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...one of the greatest of all English poets, John Milton . His Paradise...With the restoration of the English monarchy in the person of Charles...influence of French farce (the English court spent its exile in France...publics appetite for broad satire, high style, and a licentiousness...
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Canadian Literature, English

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

CANADIAN LITERATURE, ENGLISH literary works produced in Canada and written in the English language. Early Canadian...were noted for their satire and humor. The Rev. C...from American colonial or English neoclassical literature...
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Butler, Samuel , 1612–80, English Poet and Satirist

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

BUTLER, SAMUEL , 1612 80, English poet and satirist 1612 80, English poet and satirist. During the Puritan...1663, 1664, 1678), an envenomed satire against the Puritans in which Luke was...He was also the author of other verse satires, some of them not published until the...
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Gascoigne, George

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Phoenician Women, was the first Greek tragedy in English to be staged and one of the earliest English tragedies in blank verse. Both plays were...work in blank verse, noted as the first English satire. See his complete works ed. by J. Cunliffe...

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