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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... turn real bravery or generosity into ridicule ' , and only ' the grossest and most contemptible of mankind ' would make ' an unaffected temperance ' the subject of contempt . In this way laughter may be seen as proper or improper ...
... turn real bravery or generosity into ridicule ' , and only ' the grossest and most contemptible of mankind ' would make ' an unaffected temperance ' the subject of contempt . In this way laughter may be seen as proper or improper ...
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... turn to stone : to turn oneself or the other into things ) ; and its power to penetrate . Thus , if it is in these terms that the gaze of others is experienced , there is a constant dread and resentment at being turned into someone ...
... turn to stone : to turn oneself or the other into things ) ; and its power to penetrate . Thus , if it is in these terms that the gaze of others is experienced , there is a constant dread and resentment at being turned into someone ...
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... turn'd all things topsy turvy ' ( Tale of a Tub , p.306 ) that so many smaller groupings of wits will necessarily ... turning against follower , until we can perceive the prospect only of numbers of individual fanatics each at odds with ...
... turn'd all things topsy turvy ' ( Tale of a Tub , p.306 ) that so many smaller groupings of wits will necessarily ... turning against follower , until we can perceive the prospect only of numbers of individual fanatics each at odds with ...
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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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