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Routledge
262 Pages
by
Routledge
255 Pages
by
Routledge
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Satire, according to Jonathan Swift, is a mirror where beholders generally discover everybody's face but their own. and over twenty-four centuries the mirror of satirical literature has taken on many shapes. Yet certain techniques recur continually, certain themes are timeless, and some targets are perennial. Politics (the mismanagement of men by other men) has always been a target of satire, as... Read more
Introduction to the Transaction Edition
Introduction
Origins and principles
2 The topics of satire: politics
3 The topics of satire: women
4 Techniques of satire
5 Forms of satire
6 Satire in drama
7 Satire in the novel
Postscript
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
Biography
Hodgart, Matthew
