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 56
... settings for satire was a tradition of long standing by Byron's time . We have to return to ancient Greece to find the ... setting and the parody of judicial procedure . The ancient Athenian fixation with law courts and legal procedures ...
... settings for satire was a tradition of long standing by Byron's time . We have to return to ancient Greece to find the ... setting and the parody of judicial procedure . The ancient Athenian fixation with law courts and legal procedures ...
Page 58
... setting . First of all , there is the contemporary court situation , usually a parody of court practice in use at the time of writing . Second , there is the court scene in an historical setting . A third category consists of judgment ...
... setting . First of all , there is the contemporary court situation , usually a parody of court practice in use at the time of writing . Second , there is the court scene in an historical setting . A third category consists of judgment ...
Page 67
... setting played an im- portant role . If evildoers cannot be brought before a real bar of justice , they can be tried in the court of satire where they have little chance of escape . Since , as Aristotle pointed out , judicial oratory ...
... setting played an im- portant role . If evildoers cannot be brought before a real bar of justice , they can be tried in the court of satire where they have little chance of escape . Since , as Aristotle pointed out , judicial oratory ...
Contents
The Simple Structures of Satire | 19 |
The Complex Structures of Satire | 69 |
Swift | 125 |
Copyright | |
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