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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... complex satire . If a satire restricts its borrowing to rhetorical ( nonmimetic ) forms or makes use of only one literary ( mimetic ) structure , it is simple satire . The term " simple " refers merely to there being only one dynamic ...
... complex satire . If a satire restricts its borrowing to rhetorical ( nonmimetic ) forms or makes use of only one literary ( mimetic ) structure , it is simple satire . The term " simple " refers merely to there being only one dynamic ...
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... complex . Complex satire begins in the same way as simple satire , with a host struc- ture - rhetorical , belletristic , or popular . Like simple satire , it de - forms the host structure by means of modal satire , comic ridicule , and ...
... complex . Complex satire begins in the same way as simple satire , with a host struc- ture - rhetorical , belletristic , or popular . Like simple satire , it de - forms the host structure by means of modal satire , comic ridicule , and ...
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... complex satires , makes use of many belletristic forms . Characteristic of satire , too , it employs rhetori- cal forms as essential parts of its structure . The poem begins as biblical history , but an attentive reader will promptly ...
... complex satires , makes use of many belletristic forms . Characteristic of satire , too , it employs rhetori- cal forms as essential parts of its structure . The poem begins as biblical history , but an attentive reader will promptly ...
Contents
The Simple Structures of Satire | 19 |
The Complex Structures of Satire | 69 |
Swift | 125 |
Copyright | |
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