Lewis H. Lapham

30 Satires

Buch

Widely celebrated for his political essays, Lewis Lapham is a satirist who belongs in the company of Ambrose Bierce, H.L. Mencken, and Mark Twain. Over the last twenty years he has experimented with satire in its several forms-as burlesque, pasquinade, invective, and deadpan jest.This first assemblage of Lapham's satires presents thirty pieces that hold their currency and humor against the tide of social and political change that has engulfed American society in recent times. He reduces to absurdity many of the topics of the day that are often treated portentiously: Dickens's A Christmas Carol is retold to praise the virtues of remorseless gr… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-56584-986-0
EAN: 9781565849860
Produktnummer: 22013038
Verlag: The New Press
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2005
Seitenangabe: 272 S.
Masse: H24.1 cm x B11.5 cm x D2.0 cm 294 g
Gewicht: 294
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

Lewis Lapham is the editor of Lapham's Quarterly. Formerly the editor of Harper's Magazine, he is the author of several books, including Money and Class in America, Theater of War (The New Press), Gag Rule, and Pretensions to Empire (The New Press). He lives in New York City.