| Description |
1 online resource (244 pages) |
| Contents |
TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; BIBLIOGRAPHY |
| Summary |
Grotesque Anatomies is a study of Menippean satire in English since the Renaissance. It consists of revisionist, close readings of canonical works such as Eliot's The Waste Land and Pope's Dunciad among others, and investigates how identifying them as Menippean satires changes our understanding of them. The initial chapter offers a comprehensive account of the form from antiquity to the present day, identifying its bifurcated development in the shorter form (Seneca-Lucian-Julian) and the long .. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Satire -- History and criticism.
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Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900.
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C 1900.
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Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800.
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HUMOR -- General.
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Satire
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781443869201 |
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1443869201 |
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