EN 2633 Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Jonathan Swift, Scriblerus Club, Ben Jonson
16 Mar 2018
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Satire: a mode of writing that exposes the failings of individuals, institutions, or societies to ridicule and scorn. Satire is often an incidental element in literary works that may not be wholly satirical, especially in comedy. Its tone may vary from tolerant amusement, as in the verse satires of the roman poet horace, to bitter indignation, as in the verse of juvenal and the prose of jonathan swift. Various forms of literature may be satirical, from the plays of ben jonson or of moliere and the poetry of chaucer or byron to the prose writing of rabelais and voltaire. (baldick. Parody: mocking imitation of the style and content of another work. Drapier letters: (1724-1725) anonymous pamphlets in which swift assumed the mask of a humble shopkeeper. Reaction to economic controversy instigated by william wood; an. English plan to coin money for the irish market. Short view of the state of ireland: (1727)
