SatireMethuen, 1970 - 84 pages Aims and attitudes - Satire and ironic procedures in the novel - Satiric allegories (criminal biography, beast-fable, Utopia, journeys, biblical parallel) - Low and high burlesque - Characters and characterization - Words, syntax, verse and imagery. |
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