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Menippean Satire Reconsidered: From Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century
Howard D. Weinbrot
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Hardback. He then explores in detail how these elements of Menippean satire combine and operate in the literatures of classical Rome and early modern France and England, considering major texts by Varro, Petronius, Lucian, Swift, Boileau, Pope, and Richardson. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; 2ADL; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 658.
Despite the long history of Menippean satire, from antiquity through the early modern era in Europe and up to the present, the genre often has resisted precise definition and has evoked critical controversy. In this magisterial work, Howard D. Weinbrot offers a new and lucid account of this complex literary category. He argues that in the wake of twentieth-century critics, notably Frye and Bakhtin, Menippean satire has been too broadly associated with "philosophic ideas" expressed in dialogic voices or languages. He proposes instead a set of more rigorous but still fluid criteria incorporating several key elements: the use of varied ... Read more
Despite the long history of Menippean satire, from antiquity through the early modern era in Europe and up to the present, the genre often has resisted precise definition and has evoked critical controversy. In this magisterial work, Howard D. Weinbrot offers a new and lucid account of this complex literary category. He argues that in the wake of twentieth-century critics, notably Frye and Bakhtin, Menippean satire has been too broadly associated with "philosophic ideas" expressed in dialogic voices or languages. He proposes instead a set of more rigorous but still fluid criteria incorporating several key elements: the use of varied ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801882104
SKU
V9780801882104
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About Howard D. Weinbrot
Howard D. Weinbrot is the Ricardo Quintana Professor of English and William Freeman Vilas Research Professor in the College of Letters and Science, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Reviews for Menippean Satire Reconsidered: From Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century
An impressive book.
Joel Relihan New England Classical Journal 2006 Weinbrot's prose is clear and sharp and witty.
Cynthia Wall Studies in English Literature 2006 Weinbrot's impressive dissection of the Menippean branch will likely be viewed as a tour-de-force... among studies of satire.
Kirk Combe 1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics and Inquiries 2007 This admirable study makes for the ... Read more
Joel Relihan New England Classical Journal 2006 Weinbrot's prose is clear and sharp and witty.
Cynthia Wall Studies in English Literature 2006 Weinbrot's impressive dissection of the Menippean branch will likely be viewed as a tour-de-force... among studies of satire.
Kirk Combe 1650-1850: Ideas, Aesthetics and Inquiries 2007 This admirable study makes for the ... Read more