Intricate Laughter in the Satire of Swift and PopeMacmillan, 1986 - 206 sidor While the eighteenth century was a period in which satire flourished, many eighteenth-century writers felt considerable unease about the form, and about the laughter it produced. This book explores the intricate effects of satiric laughter, taking as its focus the satire of swift and Pope. Laughter is a weapon which excludes its victim not only from society but from the state of being human. At the same time laughter can achieve and strengthen group identity for those who are engaged in laughing, it is also frequently used as a weapon within society. The satirist, in encouraging laughter, reactivates and legitimizes his reader's childhood sense of play in order to secure endorsement of the satiric attack. The greatest satire however, transcends personal attack and brings the reader to affirm, through laughter, belief in the abiding worth of humankind. |
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... authority , or assumed authority , of some kind . The business of the satirist is to set himself in the reader's eyes in place of the authority attacked . Our respect for authority , from our earliest childhood , our need for approval ...
... authority , or assumed authority , of some kind . The business of the satirist is to set himself in the reader's eyes in place of the authority attacked . Our respect for authority , from our earliest childhood , our need for approval ...
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Allan Ingram. undergone repression . " 2 That the poem's figure of authority , the mother / goddess Dulness , not only permits but initiates the play , underlines for us our own genuine authority . The satirist , then , has presented a ...
Allan Ingram. undergone repression . " 2 That the poem's figure of authority , the mother / goddess Dulness , not only permits but initiates the play , underlines for us our own genuine authority . The satirist , then , has presented a ...
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... authority given by skilful manipulation of what the reader expects against what he does not expect , of repetition against variation , of the familiar against the new , has been a commonplace of Pope criticism since Tillotson . In fact ...
... authority given by skilful manipulation of what the reader expects against what he does not expect , of repetition against variation , of the familiar against the new , has been a commonplace of Pope criticism since Tillotson . In fact ...
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Laughter | 40 |
Laughter in Society | 82 |
The Playground of the Mind | 118 |
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Intricate Laughter in the Satire of Swift and Pope Allan Ingram Fragmentarisk förhandsgranskning - 1986 |
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