Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. The purpose of satire is to expose human hypocrisy, vice and folly, and because these aspects of human behaviour are not particular to any one historical period, satires can be understood by readers at any moment in time. This book explores the social and political circumstances to deepen that understanding. Text extracts are included from Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, Lord Byron, E.E. Cummings and Evelyn Waugh.
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The purpose of satire is to expose human hypocrisy, vice and folly, and because these aspects of human behaviour are not particular to any one historical period, satires can be understood by readers at any moment in time. This book explores the social and political circumstances to deepen that understanding. Text extracts are included from Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope, Lord Byron, E.E. Cummings and Evelyn Waugh.
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The aim of this book is to help students to become more aware of how understanding something about the contexts literary, linguistic, social, historical or cultural in which any text is produced can enhance their reading and help them to develop their own informed interpretations of what they read. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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Huckleberry Finn, Jane Austen, Carol Ann Duffy, Don Juan, Jonathan Swift, The Rape of the Lock, Countess's Morning, Doc Daneeka, Modest Proposal, Gulliver's Travels, Hampton Court, Lady Wishfort, The Canterbury Tales, Ben Jonson, Colin Clout, Alexander Pope, Northanger Abbey, Roman Catholic, Charles Dickens, Church of England, John Dryden, The Alchemist, William Hogarth, Bleak House, John Skelton New!
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The aim of this book is to help students to become more aware of how understanding something about the contexts literary, linguistic, social, historical or cultural in which any text is produced can enhance their reading and help them to develop their own informed interpretations of what they read. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
satirical texts, satirical writing Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Huckleberry Finn, Jane Austen, Carol Ann Duffy, Don Juan, Jonathan Swift, The Rape of the Lock, Countess's Morning, Doc Daneeka, Modest Proposal, Gulliver's Travels, Hampton Court, Lady Wishfort, The Canterbury Tales, Ben Jonson, Colin Clout, Alexander Pope, Northanger Abbey, Roman Catholic, Charles Dickens, Church of England, John Dryden, The Alchemist, William Hogarth, Bleak House, John Skelton New!
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- A Modest Proposal and Other Satires (Konemann Classics) by Jonathan Swift on 8 pages
- Huckleberry Finn (Macmillan Readers) by Twain on 8 pages
- The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Bantam Classic) by Mark Twain on 8 pages
- Canterbury Tales (Barron's Book Notes) by Chaucer on 7 pages
- Decline and Fall by Evelyn Waugh on 6 pages
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