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OverviewDespite the prominence given to it recently by Mikhail Bakhtin and Northrop Frye, Menippean satire remains a neglected and misunderstood genre. Focusing on the eighteenth-century writers John Dunton, Thomas D'Urfey, and Laurence Sterne, Menippean Satire and the Poetics of Wit explores the excesses of these eccentric, transgressive writers who take their readers to the limits of language. As the outlaw of genre, Menippean satire exploits the improprieties supplied by a self-conscious use of wit, the principle of exuberance in eighteenth-century poetics. In fact, the exuberance of wit produces Menippean satire's central paradox that self-conscious writers lose their identity in the very pursuit of it. By tracing wit's exuberance through its abusive metaphors, or catachreses, to the abusive ideologies of class and gender, this genre-study provides a literary tradition for the postmodern deconstructive project, including the work of Jacques Derrida. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Garry SherbertPublisher: Peter Lang Publishing Inc Imprint: Peter Lang Publishing Inc Volume: 8 Weight: 0.500kg ISBN: 9780820424996ISBN 10: 0820424994 Pages: 226 Publication Date: 01 April 1996 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationThe Author: Garry Sherbert received his Ph.D. from the University of Alberta, where he recently completed a SSHRCC postdoctoral fellowship. He has published on literary theory and Menippean satire, and his research interests now include nineteenth-century Menippean authors, Jacques Derrida and Georges Bataille. He currently teaches English at the University of Regina and at the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College in Regina, Saskatchewan. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |