A Companion to Satire
Ancient and Modern
Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture
1. Edition December 2006
624 Pages, Hardcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
A COMPANION TO SATIRE
A COMPANION TO SATIRE
"This book forms a substantial contribution to literary studies and is likely to be the standard work on the subject for a decade or two .... The chapters are densely detailed, the vocabulary elevated."
Reference Reviews
"This sturdy volume should be of use to a variety of readers from advanced undergraduates to scholars seeking refresher (or crash) courses on either major"
Studies in English Literature 1500-1900
"Offering a valuable contribution to the critical study of satire, Quintero has assembled insightful essays by an impressive roster of scholars...This book serves as a cogent, instructive overview of satire."
Choice
"This book obviously brings to readers a dazzling variety of topics relating to satire. There is a rich abundance of material here, surely something for everyone. Indeed, the quality of these essays is uniformly high."
Notes and Queries
This collection of twenty-nine original essays surveys satire from its emergence in Western literature to the present.
The Companion is extraordinary in its historical scope, tracking satire from its first appearances in the prophetic books of the Old Testament through the Renaissance and the English tradition in satire to Michael Moore's satirical movie Fahrenheit 9/11. While many essays explore literary developments in satire from an historical view, other essays reflect directly on topics such as irony and satire, modes of satirical mockery, the mock-biblical, and the character sketch.
All of the contributors are experts published in their field, and all are experienced teachers who can treat complex and rich subjects with insight and clarity.
Contributors to this volume:
Joseph F. Bartolomeo, W. Scott Blanchard, Frank Boyle, Peter Brier, Valentine Cunningham, Edwin M. Duval, James Engell, Alberta Gatti, Russell Goulbourne, Dustin Griffin, Christopher J. Herr, Thomas Jemielity, Ejner J. Jensen, Steven E. Jones, Claudia Thomas Kairoff, Catherine Keane, Laura Kendrick, José Lanters, Jean I. Marsden, Linda A. Morris, Frank Palmeri, Blanford Parker, Ronald Paulson, Zoja Pavlovskis-Petit, Ruben Quintero, Melinda Alliker Rabb, Timothy Steele, Michael F. Suarez, David F. Venturo.
Notes on Contributors ix
Acknowledgments xiv
Introduction: Understanding Satire 1
Ruben Quintero
Part I Biblical World to European Renaissance
13
1 Ancient Biblical Satire 15
Thomas Jemielity
2 Defining the Art of Blame: Classical Satire 31
Catherine Keane
3 Medieval Satire 52
Laura Kendrick
4 Rabelais and French Renaissance Satire 70
Edwin M. Duval
5 Satire of the Spanish Golden Age 86
Alberta Gatti
6 Verse Satire in the English Renaissance 101
Ejner J. Jensen
7 Renaissance Prose Satire: Italy and England 118
W. Scott Blanchard
Part II Restoration and Eighteenth-century England and
France 137
8 Satire in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-century France 139
Russell Goulbourne
9 Dramatic Satire in the Restoration and Eighteenth Century
161
Jean I. Marsden
10 Dryden and Restoration Satire 176
Dustin Griffin
11 Jonathan Swift 196
Frank Boyle
12 Pope and Augustan Verse Satire 212
Ruben Quintero
13 Satiric Spirits of the Later Eighteenth Century: Johnson to
Crabbe 233
James Engell
14 Restoration and Eighteenth-century Satiric Fiction 257
Joseph F. Bartolomeo
15 Gendering Satire: Behn to Burney 276
Claudia Thomas Kairoff
16 Pictorial Satire: From Emblem to Expression 293
Ronald Paulson
Part III Nineteenth Century to Contemporary
325
17 The Hidden Agenda of Romantic Satire: Carlyle and Heine
327
Peter Brier
18 Nineteenth-century Satiric Poetry 340
Steven E. Jones
19 Narrative Satire in the Nineteenth Century 361
Frank Palmeri
20 American Satire: Beginnings through Mark Twain 377
Linda A. Morris
21 Twentieth-century Fictional Satire 400
Valentine Cunningham
22 Verse Satire in the Twentieth Century 434
Timothy Steele
23 Satire in Modern and Contemporary Theater 460
Christopher J. Herr
24 Irish Satire 476
Jose Lanters
Part IV The Practice of Satire 493
25 Modes of Mockery: The Significance of Mock-poetic Forms in
the Enlightenment 495
Blanford Parker
26 Irony and Satire 510
Zoja Pavlovskis-Petit
27 Mock-biblical Satire from Medieval to Modern 525
Michael F. Suarez
28 The Satiric Character Sketch 550
David F. Venturo
29 The Secret Life of Satire 568
Melinda Alliker Rabb
Index 585
is likely to be the standard work on the subject for a decade or
two ... .The chapters are densely detailed, the vocabulary
elevated." (Reference Reviews, Issue 4 2008)
"The long eighteenth century is well represented in
Blackwell's A Companion to Satire: Ancient and Modern, edited by
Ruben Quintero,which contains nine full essays and parts of several
others devoted to the period ... .This sturdy volume should be
of use to a variety of readers from advanced undergraduates to
scholars seeking refresher (or crash) courses on either major
satirists ... or less familiar topics and subtopics."
(Studies in English Literature 1500-1900, Summer 2008)
"Offering a valuable contribution to the critical study of
satire, Quintero has assembled insightful essays by an impressive
roster of scholars...This book serves as a cogent, instructive
overview of satire." (Choice)
"This book obviously brings to readers a dazzling variety
of topics relating to satire. There is a rich abundance of material
here, surely something for everyone. Indeed, the quality of these
essays is uniformly high. All are well-written, well-researched,
thoughtful, and insightful examinations of an assortment of satiric
expressions. The array of subject matter is compelling. Primarily,
we are given thorough, informative overviews of the major players,
issues, eras, and types of satire. This book ... makes an
invaluable contribution to the study of that form." (Notes
and Queries)
