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• Satire
  ...[[Jonathan Swift]] and in other art forms such as editorial cartooning. A satire is never just a reasoned argument or mere invective. It uses mockery or so == Literary satire ==
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• Satire/Definition
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• Satire/Bibliography
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• Satire/Related Articles
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• Satire/Notable satires
  [[Edmund Spenser]] ''Mother Hubberds Tale'' (1591). An allegorical satire on church governance and the court, following the failure of Spenser's hope
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• Satire
  ...[[Jonathan Swift]] and in other art forms such as editorial cartooning. A satire is never just a reasoned argument or mere invective. It uses mockery or so == Literary satire ==
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• Northanger Abbey/Definition
  (1818) A satire on the [[Gothic novel]].
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• Dilbert/Definition
  Comic strip by [[Scott Adams]] which makes satire of corporate America.
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• Titus Maccius Plautus
  ...[Old Comedy]], the authors of the Greek [[New Comedy]] presented a gentler satire based on every-day life. The [[musical comedy]], ''A Funny Thing Happened o
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• Utopia/Definition
  ...of a fictional society created by [[Thomas More|Sir Thomas More]] as a [[satire]] on his own, European, society; by extension, it has come to represent al
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• Frank Zappa
  ..., his skeptical views were embodied in his work through his caustic social satire.
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• Satire/Bibliography
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• Jonathan Swift
  '''Jonathan Swift''' was an Irish [[satire|satirical]] author, famous for his novel ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]''. A memb
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• Comedy
  ...first great comedy dramatist was [[Aristophanes]] who is remembered for [[satire]]. Comedy is, broadly speaking, any drama in which humour is a predominant
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• Daniel Defoe
  His writings include [[Satire|satirical]] poems and pamphlets (''[[The Shortest Way with Dissenters]]''),
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• Uncyclopedia
  ...on what is and is not funny. Its articles contain humor from sophisticated satire to random humor. It was originally independent, but is now owned by [[Wikia ...redeeming and most searingly sarcastic and humorous way possible, through satire". The information on the site is parodied, changed and fabricated to be hum
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• Emperor of America
  ...merica''''' is a novel by [[Richard Condon]] published in 1990. It is a [[satire]] about an "[[Imperial Presidency]]", poking fun at [[Ronald Reagan]].
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• Tom Lehrer
  ...h [[Henry Kissinger]] wins the [[Nobel Peace Prize]], there is no room for satire."
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• Horace
  ...irst poems he brought out were his Epodes (ironic lyrics in iambics) and [[Satire]]s. [[Virgil]] introduced him to [[Maecenas]] who became his friend and pa
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• Aristophanes
  ...nian comic [[drama]]tist. Eleven of his plays have survived. A master of [[satire]], his works include ''[[The Birds (play)|The Birds]]'' (414 BC) in which h
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• Jon Stewart
  ...edian. He is most famously known as the host of ''The Daily Show'', a news satire show on [[Comedy Central]]. Stewart began his career in stand-up comedy, bu
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• Robert Burns/Related Articles
  {{r|Satire}}
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• Stephen Colbert
  ...Illinois]]. After starring on the sketch comedy show ''Exit 57'' and the satire ''Strangers With Candy'', Stephen became a correspondent for ''[[The Daily ...at. By portraying this character, the real Stephen Colbert is able to use satire to address current events, and the nature of news media as a whole. The Col
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• Utopia/Related Articles
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• C.S. Forester
  ...excellent books turned into memorable movies. ''The General'' was a bitter satire on the incompetence of the military leadership in the [[First World War]].
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• Tom Lehrer/Related Articles
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• The Vertical Smile
  '''''The Vertical Smile''''' is a political satire novel by [[Richard Condon]], published in 1971. It deals with politics, se
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• Geoffrey Chaucer/Works
  .../teams/plwtlint.htm ''The Complaint of the Ploughman''] -- A [[Lollard]] [[satire]] later appropriated as a [[Protestant]] text *''[[Pierce the Ploughman's Crede]]'' -- A Lollard satire later appropriated by Protestants
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• Da Ali G Show
  ...and guests as a variety of characters. The main character is [[Ali G]], a satire on the British [[urban]]/"[[chav]]" culture, using [[rap and hip hop]], [[r
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• Springtime for Hitler
  Unfortunately for the conspirators, the audience later mistakes the play for satire, it becomes a huge success, and they go to gaol for fraud.
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• Voltaire
  ...s literary output was extensive, ranging from poems and plays, to works of satire such as [[Candide]], to works of [[history]] and [[philosophy]], including
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• Utopia
  ...of a fictional society created by [[Thomas More|Sir Thomas More]] as a [[satire]] on his own, European, society; by extension, it has come to represent al
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• British situation comedy
  ...pisodic, as opposed to the whole tone of the series dealing with pathos. [[Satire]] features higher in Britcom than in American sitcom, as does exploring the
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• Marcel Aymé
  ...ter the success of his novel, The Green Mare (''La jument verte''), a dark satire about sexuality published in 1933, he dedicated himself entirely to lit
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• Dmitri Shostakovich/Bibliography
  Sheinberg, Esti. ''Irony, Satire, Parody and the Grotesque in the Music of Shostakovich'' (Aldershot: Ashgat
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• Voltaire's Socrates (play)
  ...his death during his [[Socrates#Trial and death|trial]]. It is heavy with satire specifically at government authority and organized religion. The main char
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• Thomas Carlyle
  '''Thomas Carlyle''' (1795–1881) was a Scottish [[Essay|essayist]], [[Satire|satirist]], and historian, known for his belief in "great men" as agents fo
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• Lucian
  ...atin, Lucianus; c. AD [[120]] - after [[180]]) was a [[rhetoric]]ian and [[satire|satirist]], writing in the [[Greek language]], noted for his witty and scof Lucian also wrote a satire called ''The Passing of Peregrinus'', in which the lead character, Peregrin
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• James Bond/Filmography
  *''Casino Royale'' (1967; Columbia Pictures), a James-Bond satire with [[David Niven]] as Sir James Bond 007
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• The Riot Club
  ...s clearly an incendiary affair (some toffs reportedly couldn’t stomach the satire and walked out), Lone Scherfig’s film seems uncertain how far to push the
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• Situation comedy
  ...ts which are unique and ''Britcom'' can stand alone as a comedic genre. [[Satire]] features higher in Britcom than in American sitcom, as does exploring the
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• Rik Mayall
  ..., frustrated loser Richie Richard. Mayall also appeared in the [[political satire]] ''[[The News Statesman]]'' as politician Alan B'stard and in the ''[[Blac
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• Ben Jonson
  ...nd went on to write [[tragedy|tragedies]], most of which do not survive, [[satire|satirical]] [[comedy|comedies]], [[masque]]s for the court of James VI and
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• Henry Vaughan
  ...al and undistinguished poems together with a free translation of the tenth satire of [[Juvenal]]. Further secular poems and translations written after that ...is an extraordinary combination of visualisation, religious sentiment and satire. ''Silex Scintillans'' reappeared in 1655 with a preface attacking "the wi
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• Gurevich system (circus)
  ** Satire Clowning
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• I Was Following This Girl
  ...early fifties.) Many of the early parts of the book seem more like social satire of the so-called [[Swinging London]] scene of the mid- and late-1960s than
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• Satire/Notable satires
  [[Edmund Spenser]] ''Mother Hubberds Tale'' (1591). An allegorical satire on church governance and the court, following the failure of Spenser's hope
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• Rudyard Kipling
  ...ies (didactic, humorous or exotic), horror, humour, [[science fiction]], [[satire]], romance, and adventure. The stories for children include ''The Jungle B
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• On the Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates
  ...ember 1837, Kierkegaard had considered writing a thesis on "The Concept of Satire", and noted in July 1839 that he might "desire to write a dissertation on s
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• The Lie
  '''''The Lie''''' is a poem of political and social [[satire]] probably written by [[Sir Walter Ralegh]],<ref>While Ralegh is the most l
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• Prizzi's Glory
  ...hip. Condon's ear for dialogue has never been keener, and this razor-sharp satire on the American dream is the most cynical and entertaining view of U.S. pol ...e exerts as much charm as before. But readers with a taste for rough-edged satire will find considerable pleasure along the way—in the vitriolic swipes at
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• Novel
  ...l".) [[Miguel de Cervantes]]' ''[[Don Quixote]]'' (1605) started out as a satire on the romances, but itself included some tales of that nature. In Spain, ...orks, some of which continued the picaresque tradition. The first major [[satire|satirical]] novel was [[Jonathan Swift]]'s ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'' (1726
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• The Fools in Town Are on Our Side
  ...mas]] that mixes elements of espionage and political thrillers with social satire.
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• The Manchurian Candidate
  ...ale about (what else?) a mother and a son: and (c) an irate sociopolitical satire that tries to flay our sibboleths alive.... [There is] blinding thrust-and- ...confusion like derailed freight cars.... In the end. the effort at global satire proves too strenuous. In spite of a climax as apocalyptic as any since King
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• Harry Mount
  ...Wisdom of Boris Johnson'' which is not, as anyone might expect it to be, a satire.<ref name=theguardian2022-09-02/> His other works include ''Amo, Amas, Amat
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