State of Ridicule: A History of Satire in English Literature - Hardcover
by Dan Sperrin
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691195582ISBN-10:0691195587UPC:9780691195582Book Category:Literary Criticism, HumorBook Subcategory:English, Irish, Scottish, WelshSize:9.30 x 6.30 x 2.00 inchesWeight:3.1019Product ID:SC8N81PBS8
State of Ridicule: A History of Satire in English Literature
A history of political satire in English literature from its Roman foundations to the present day
Satire is a funny, aggressive, and largely oppositional literature which is typically created by people who refuse to participate in a given regime's perception of itself. Although satire has always been a primary literature of state affairs, and although it has always been used to intervene in...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691195582ISBN-10:0691195587UPC:9780691195582Book Category:Literary Criticism, HumorBook Subcategory:English, Irish, Scottish, WelshSize:9.30 x 6.30 x 2.00 inchesWeight:3.1019Product ID:SC8N81PBS8
Dan Sperrin is research fellow in English at Trinity College, Cambridge, who specialises in literary and graphic satire of the long eighteenth century. He is also a political cartoonist at The London Magazine and elsewhere.
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