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- Book Title
- Menippean Satire Reconsidered : From Antiquity to the Eighteenth
- ISBN
- 9780801882104
- Subject Area
- Literary Criticism, Humor
- Publication Name
- Menippean Satire Reconsidered : from Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Subject
- General, Ancient & Classical, Semiotics & Theory, Humor, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.1 in
- Item Weight
- 23.2 Oz
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Number of Pages
- 400 Pages
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10
0801882109
ISBN-13
9780801882104
eBay Product ID (ePID)
44783386
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
400 Pages
Publication Name
Menippean Satire Reconsidered : from Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Subject
General, Ancient & Classical, Semiotics & Theory, Humor, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Humor
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
23.2 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
2004-030320
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
"Weinbrot... is a proven scholar [and] a genial and generous student of literature, well aware of the intellectual perils involved in working his way through such an argument. He is also breathtakingly learned." -- John J. Burke, Jr., Eighteenth-Century Life, Weinbrot's impressive dissection of the Menippean branch will likely be viewed as a tour-de-force... among studies of satire., This admirable study makes for the thoughtful taming of an otherwise intractable form, both in the weight that it brings to bear upon its separate arguments and in the care that it applies to their articulation., This book... offers a strong model for determining the canon and demands that future discussions proceed with care., Professor Weinbrot has provided us with a lively, stimulating and readable discussion... The author deserves our thanks for giving his readers considerable intellectual stimulation and food for thought., "This admirable study makes for the thoughtful taming of an otherwise intractable form, both in the weight that it brings to bear upon its separate arguments and in the care that it applies to their articulation." -- Timothy Erwin, Modern Philology, "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, "This book... offers a strong model for determining the canon and demands that future discussions proceed with care." -- Christopher Fanning, Scriblerian, ""Professor Weinbrot has provided us with a lively, stimulating and readable discussion... The author deserves our thanks for giving his readers considerable intellectual stimulation and food for thought."", Weinbrot... is a proven scholar [and] a genial and generous student of literature, well aware of the intellectual perils involved in working his way through such an argument. He is also breathtakingly learned.
Grade From
College Graduate Student
Dewey Decimal
827/.509
Table Of Content
Preface Acknowledgments Introduction Part I. Classical Practices and Early Modern Adaptions 1. From Menippus the Gadaranean to Varro the Roman 2. Petronius, Senecs, and Julian 3. From Lucian the Debunker to Lucian the Blusher: Revolution in the Menippean Dialogues of the Dead 4. Changes: Menippus Redivivus, menippus Idem, Menippus Sensus Part II. Menippean Satire by Addition 5. The Preeminence of Weeds: Swift's A Tale of a Tub and Its Parts 6. A Tale of a Tub : " Leze-Majetse " and Further Joining 7. Falling into the Pit: The Battle of the Books and the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit Part III. Menippean Satire by Genre 8. A Tale of Two Cultures: Boileau's Art poetique in France and England 9. Pope's Menippean Essay on Criticism in France and England Part IV. Menippean Satire by Annotation 10. Pope's Dunciad , Smithfield Royalty, and Subjects of Disputation 11. The Dunciad and Notable Poem Part V. The Menippean Incursion 12. Clarissa , Elias Brand, and Death by Parentheses Conclusion: In Which Something Is Summarized and Something about Evil Is Speculated Notes Index
Synopsis
Despite the long history of Menippean satire from antiquity to early modern Europe, the genre often has resisted precise definition and has evoked critical controversy. In this magisterial work, the author offers a new and lucid account of the complex literary form., In this magisterial work, Howard D. Weinbrot offers a new and lucid account of Menippean satire. He argues that in the wake of twentieth-century critics, notably Frye and Bakhtin, this complex literary category has been too broadly associated with "philosophic ideas" expressed in dialogic voices or languages and proposes instead more rigorous but fluid criteria that incorporate several key elements., 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 historical periods, voices, languages, or genres that challenge a threatening orthodoxy; an outcome either of failure and the satirist's renewed anger or of resistance without counter-orthodoxy; and the use of one or more of several identified rhetorical devices. 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.
LC Classification Number
PR935.W43 2005
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