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 28
... Ovid's Metamorphoses ( early first century ) proves that Folly's imagery of transformation has a direct literary antecedent . Here , though , we are taken further . Folly foreshadows her 28 The Simple Structures of Satire.
... Ovid's Metamorphoses ( early first century ) proves that Folly's imagery of transformation has a direct literary antecedent . Here , though , we are taken further . Folly foreshadows her 28 The Simple Structures of Satire.
Page 43
... direct imitation of Ovid which transforms itself into a satire as the homely couple experiences a series of meta- morphoses . The translations of Shadwell to the throne of dullness , of Belinda into termagant , and of Gulliver to ...
... direct imitation of Ovid which transforms itself into a satire as the homely couple experiences a series of meta- morphoses . The translations of Shadwell to the throne of dullness , of Belinda into termagant , and of Gulliver to ...
Page 135
... direct and less ironic ex- pression than , for example , Gulliver's waning trust of courtiers in the first voyage . Yet for those readers who accept the concept of persona and admit the inconsistency of it in Swift's satires , the ...
... direct and less ironic ex- pression than , for example , Gulliver's waning trust of courtiers in the first voyage . Yet for those readers who accept the concept of persona and admit the inconsistency of it in Swift's satires , the ...
Contents
The Simple Structures of Satire | 19 |
The Complex Structures of Satire | 69 |
Swift | 125 |
Copyright | |
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