Satire (The New Critical Idiom) - Hardcover

Gilmore, John T.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415480817 ISBN 13: 9780415480819

Publisher: Routledge, 2017

Synopsis

What is satire? How can we define it? Is it a weapon for radical change or fundamentally conservative? Is satire funny or cruel? Does it always need a target or victim? Combining thematic, theoretical and historical approaches, John T. Gilmore introduces and investigates the tradition of satire from classical models through to the present day. In a lucid and engaging style, Gilmore explores:

• the moral politics of satire
• whether satire is universal, historically or geographically limited
• how satire translates across genres and media

• the boundaries of free speech and legitimacy.

Using examples from ancient Egypt to Charlie Hebdo, from European traditions of formal verse satire to imaginary voyages and alternative universes, newspaper cartoons and YouTube clips, from the Caribbean to China, this comprehensive volume should be of interest to students and scholars of literature, media and cultural studies as well as politics and philosophy.

About this title

About the Author:

John T. Gilmore is an Associate Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies at the University of Warwick. He teaches, researches and has published on eighteenth-century literature written in English and Latin, the literature and history of the Caribbean, and Translation Studies.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 0415480817
• ISBN 13: 9780415480819
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 206