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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... never once reflected on me the least in any paper , and hath hindered many others from doing it ; how can I justify ... never so lovely as when adorned with the Smile , and Conversation never sets easier upon us , than when we now 4 ...
... never once reflected on me the least in any paper , and hath hindered many others from doing it ; how can I justify ... never so lovely as when adorned with the Smile , and Conversation never sets easier upon us , than when we now 4 ...
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... never been properly alive . His Heirs that he might safely rest , Have put his Carcass in a Chest . The very Chest , in which they say His other Self , his Money lay . And if his Heirs continue kind , To that dear Self he left behind ...
... never been properly alive . His Heirs that he might safely rest , Have put his Carcass in a Chest . The very Chest , in which they say His other Self , his Money lay . And if his Heirs continue kind , To that dear Self he left behind ...
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... never wanting . Wonders are performed , in this wrong social spirit , by those members of separate societies . And the associating genius of man is never better proved than in those very societies , which are formed in opposition to the ...
... never wanting . Wonders are performed , in this wrong social spirit , by those members of separate societies . And the associating genius of man is never better proved than in those very societies , which are formed in opposition to the ...
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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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