A Satire Anthology Classic Reprint

Author : Carolyn Wells
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781528277778
Total Pages : 392 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Satire Anthology (Classic Reprint) written by Carolyn Wells and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-09-17 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Satire Anthology This, of course, refers to the subtler forms of satire. Many classic satires are direct lampoons or broadsides which admit of only one interpreta tion. Literature numbers many satirists among its most honoured names; and the best satires show intellect, education, and a keen appreciation of human nature. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Nicholas Bakalar
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0452011744
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book American Satire written by Nicholas Bakalar and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1997-04-01 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This entertaining, informative collection covers the best of American satire—from Ben Franklin's cutting satiric attacks to Nathaniel Hawthorne's Celestial Railroad, Calvin Trillin's Old Marrieds, Mark Twain's American Abroad to P.J. O'Rourke's The Innocents Abroad—Updated, a late 20th-century take on Twain's classic piece. "Entertaining and satisfying...An excellent introduction."—Amazon.com.

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Total Pages : 404 pages
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Download or read book A Satire Anthology written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Carolyn Wells
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ISBN 13 : 9781619520608
Total Pages : 308 pages
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Download or read book A Satire Anthology written by Carolyn Wells and published by . This book was released on 2017-06-05 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Satire, though a form of literature familiar to everyone, is difficult to define. Partaking variously of sarcasm, irony, ridicule, and burlesque, it is exactly synonymous with no one of these. Satire is primarily dependent on the motive of its writer. Unless meant for satire, it is not the real thing; unconscious satire is a contradiction of terms, or a mere figure of speech.Secondarily, satire depends on the reader. What seems to us satire to-day, may not seem so tomorrow. Or, what seems satire to a pessimistic mind, may seem merely good-natured chaff to an optimist. This, of course, refers to the subtler forms of satire. Many classic satires are direct lampoons or broadsides which admit of only one interpretation.Literature numbers many satirists among its most honoured names; and the best satires show intellect, education, and a keen appreciation of human nature. Often satire provides best examples of a kindly tolerance for the vice or folly in question, and even hint the acceptance of the conditions condemned. Again in the hands of a carping and unsympathetic critic satire is used with vitriolic effects on sins for which the writer has no mercy.It is the compiler¿s regret that a great mass of material is necessarily omitted for lack of space; other selections are discarded because of their present untimeliness, which deprives them of their intrinsic interest. But an endeavour has been made to represent the greatest and best satiric writers, and also to include at least extracts from the masterpieces of satire.

Author : Mary Dixon Thayer
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780364283752
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Intellectuals written by Mary Dixon Thayer and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-03-10 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Intellectuals: A Friendly Satire All they do not know, and who Set their wily traps for you, Dull your reason, sift your brain, And despatch you of again! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Hugh Walker
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780265561041
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.43/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Satire and Satirists (Classic Reprint) written by Hugh Walker and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-21 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from English Satire and Satirists The word satire, then, has more than one meaning. As there is a Comic Spirit, so there is a Satiric Spirit; and as there is a form of the drama we call Comedy, so there is a form of verse we call Satire. But as the Comic Spirit may manifest itself in the novel or the poem no less than in the comedy, so the Satiric Spirit may appear in prose as well as in verse, and both in verse and in prose it assumes manifold shapes. There are satirical novels and tales, essays and allegories. There are satirical lyrics and even satirical odes; and Paradise Lost itself: contains fragments of satire. What may be called the classical satire of England is derived from the satire of the Latin poets; and as the Latin satirists adopted the hexameter, so their English imitators used the English equivalent, the heroic couplet. When Hall wrote the often-quoted lines, I first adventure: follow me who list, And be the second English satirist. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Ernest Jackson Hall
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780266585565
Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Satirical Element in the American Novel written by Ernest Jackson Hall and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-11 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Satirical Element in the American Novel: A Thesis Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in English Satire being a compounding of three distinct elements, it follows that there will be great variation in what may properly be classed as satire. It may be decidedly indirect, where the criticism is merely implied in the situa tion; it may be less indirect, where the author puts the criticism into the mouth of one of his characters; or it may be still less indirect, where the author himself speaks ironically. In every case, however, there is insinua tion, rather than direct attack. Likewise with regard to the other two elements, wit and criticism, there may be wide variation. We must necessarily come upon some writing Which contains an infinitesimal amount of criticism, with a great deal of wit. Conversely, we shall find writing in which the criticism is strong, and the wit almost negligible. So long, however, as the three elements, wit, criticism, and indirectness of treatment, are present, we have satire, though it is often advisable to use, not the noun, but the adjective, and to say that the writing is satirical, or has a satirical quality. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Fran Ross
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
ISBN 13 : 081122323X
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Oreo written by Fran Ross and published by New Directions Publishing. This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pioneering, dazzling satire about a biracial black girl from Philadelphia searching for her Jewish father in New York City Oreo is raised by her maternal grandparents in Philadelphia. Her black mother tours with a theatrical troupe, and her Jewish deadbeat dad disappeared when she was an infant, leaving behind a mysterious note that triggers her quest to find him. What ensues is a playful, modernized parody of the classical odyssey of Theseus with a feminist twist, immersed in seventies pop culture, and mixing standard English, black vernacular, and Yiddish with wisecracking aplomb. Oreo, our young hero, navigates the labyrinth of sound studios and brothels and subway tunnels in Manhattan, seeking to claim her birthright while unwittingly experiencing and triggering a mythic journey of self-discovery like no other.

Author : Carolyn Wells
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781021892843
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book A Satire Anthology written by Carolyn Wells and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a collection of some of the wittiest and most incisive satire from the 18th and 19th centuries, including works by Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, and Mark Twain, among others. The editor provides insightful commentary on the history and evolution of the genre, as well as its enduring relevance to contemporary society. This book is a must-read for anyone who appreciates good humor and the power of social commentary. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Paul Allen Miller
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134371950
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Latin Verse Satire written by Paul Allen Miller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wide variety of texts by the Latin satirists are presented here in a fully loaded resource to provide an innovative reading of satire's relation to Roman ideology. Brimming with notes, commentaries, essays and texts in translation, this book succeeds in its mission to help the student understand the history of Latin's modern scholarly reception. Focusing on the linguistic difficulties and problems of usage, and examining aspects of meter and style necessary for poetry appreciation, the commentary places each selection in its own historical context then using essays and critical excerpt, the genre's most salient features are elucidated to provide a further understanding of its place in history. Extremely student friendly, this stands well both as a companion to Latin Erotic Elegy and in its own right as an invaluable fund of knowledge for any Latin literature scholar.