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Informationen zum Autor Ruben Quintero is Professor of English at California State University, Los Angeles, and teaches Restoration and eighteenth-century literature. His book Literate Culture: Pope's Rhetorical Art (1992) received a University of Delaware Press Manuscript Award. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung This collection of twenty-nine original essays, surveys satire from its emergence in Western literature to the present. * Tracks 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis Illustrations viii 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
