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 46
... reason of a madcap procedure . The organization and struc- ture of the satire are similar to those of a real oration , but the premises or logic does not conform to the norms of rhetoric . In short , satire achieves a freedom from usual ...
... reason of a madcap procedure . The organization and struc- ture of the satire are similar to those of a real oration , but the premises or logic does not conform to the norms of rhetoric . In short , satire achieves a freedom from usual ...
Page 135
... reason for the serious disagreements that exist in Swift scholarship over Gulliver's Travels . Gulliver expresses in his own personated voice opinions often at odds with Swift's views . But on many occasions the Swiftian wrath we have ...
... reason for the serious disagreements that exist in Swift scholarship over Gulliver's Travels . Gulliver expresses in his own personated voice opinions often at odds with Swift's views . But on many occasions the Swiftian wrath we have ...
Page 159
... reason , the race of Yahoos becomes an even more serious threat than heretofore . The decision of the Council to send Gulliver back across the sea is the conclusion to the deliberation , but it has its judicial edge as well . Gulliver ...
... reason , the race of Yahoos becomes an even more serious threat than heretofore . The decision of the Council to send Gulliver back across the sea is the conclusion to the deliberation , but it has its judicial edge as well . Gulliver ...
Contents
The Simple Structures of Satire | 19 |
The Complex Structures of Satire | 69 |
Swift | 125 |
Copyright | |
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