Satire and the Transformation of GenreThis book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas. |
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Page 80
... Achitophel The genre of Absalom and Achitophel has proved controversial for generations of critics . Some regard it as satire , but they seldom do so without serious reser- vations . Epic or epyllion is another possibility , and Verrall ...
... Achitophel The genre of Absalom and Achitophel has proved controversial for generations of critics . Some regard it as satire , but they seldom do so without serious reser- vations . Epic or epyllion is another possibility , and Verrall ...
Page 83
... Achitophel piles up . His arguments are presented and will be presented in greater detail as the temptation of Absalom is overheard in its entirety . Achitophel's speech marks another stylistic shift , as Miltonic diction in- troduces ...
... Achitophel piles up . His arguments are presented and will be presented in greater detail as the temptation of Absalom is overheard in its entirety . Achitophel's speech marks another stylistic shift , as Miltonic diction in- troduces ...
Page 85
... Achitophel launches upon a catalogue of David's weaknesses , he points to another naturalistic reason for Absalom's right by nature : David is now in his declining years . Early in the temptation Absalom's “ dawning day ” was noted ...
... Achitophel launches upon a catalogue of David's weaknesses , he points to another naturalistic reason for Absalom's right by nature : David is now in his declining years . Early in the temptation Absalom's “ dawning day ” was noted ...
Contents
The Simple Structures of Satire | 19 |
The Complex Structures of Satire | 69 |
Swift | 125 |
Copyright | |
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