Satire Origins and Principles |
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| Author:
| Hodgart, Matthew |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4128-1060-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2010 |
| Publisher: | Transaction Publishers
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $58.30 |
Book Description:
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The universality of satire as a mode and creative impulse is demonstrated by the cross-cultural development of lampoon and travesty. This title analyzes satire at some of its most exuberant moments in Western literature, from Aristophanes to Brecht.
The universality of satire as a mode and creative impulse is demonstrated by the cross-cultural development of lampoon and travesty. This title analyzes satire at some of its most exuberant moments in Western literature, from Aristophanes to Brecht.