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Parody
Contributor(s): Dentith, Professor Simon (Author)
ISBN: 0415182204     ISBN-13: 9780415182201
Publisher: Routledge
OUR PRICE:   $94.95  
Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats
Published: June 2000
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Annotation: i Parody /i is everywhere in contemporary popular culture. It runs through literature, theatre and television, architecture and films and even everyday speech. Dentith, by drawing on examples from Aristophanes to The Simpsons, displays the many roles that parody plays, from its place in the history of literature to its pivotal part in postmodernist debates. Parody, as a subversive or conservative mode of writing, has been in the culture wars from ancient times to the present, and is a crucial aspect of both literary and cultural discourse. Dentith both defines and explores parody with an ease that is rarely achieved elsewhere, making this book accessible to readers of all levels.
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism
Dewey: 809.7
LCCN: 99088778
Lexile Measure: 1460
Series: New Critical Idiom (Hardcover)
Physical Information: 0.67" H x 5.19" W x 8.07" (0.68 lbs) 224 pages
 
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Parody is part of all our lives. It occurs not only in literature, but also in everyday speech, in theatre and television, architecture and films. Drawing on examples from Aristophanes to The Simpsons, Simon Dentith explores:
* the place of parody in the history of literature
* parody as a subversive or conservative mode of writing
* parody's pivotal role in debates about postmodernism
* parody in the culture wars from ancient times to the present
This lively introduction situates parody at the heart of literary and cultural studies and offers a remarkably clear guide to this sometimes complex topic. Parody will serve as an essential resource, to be read and re-read by students of all levels.