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Anatomy of Satire
(Paperback)
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Publishing Details
Full Title:
Anatomy of Satire
Contributors:
By (Author) Gilbert Highet
Series:
Publisher:
Princeton University Press
Imprint:
Princeton University Press
Publication Date:
19th May 2015
Country:
United States
Classifications
Readership:
Tertiary Education
Genre:
Fiction/Non-fiction:
Non Fiction
Main Subject:
Dewey:
808.7
Physical Properties
Physical Format:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
338
Dimensions:
Width 152mm, Height 235mm
Weight:
454g
Description
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
