Satire
What is satire? How can we define it? Is it a weapon for radical change or fundamentally conservative? Is satire funny or cruel? Does it always need a target or victim? Combining thematic, theoretical and historical approaches, John T. Gilmore introduces and investigates the tradition of satire from classical models through to the present day. In a lucid and engaging style, Gilmore explores:the moral politics of satirewhether satire is universal, historically or geographically limitedhow satire translates across genres and mediathe boundaries of free speech and legitimacy. Using examples from ancient Egypt to Charlie Hebdo, from European trad…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-134-10633-2
- EAN: 9781134106332
- Produktnummer: 25313234
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 216 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 800 KB
Über den Autor
John T. Gilmore is an Associate Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick. He teaches, researches and has published on eighteenth-century literature written in English and Latin, the literature and history of the Caribbean, and Translation Studies.
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