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51Augustan literature — is a style of English literature produced during the reigns of Queen Anne, King George I, and George II in the first half of the 18th century, ending in the 1740s with the deaths of Pope and Swift (1744 and 1745, respectively). It is a literary… …
52Hudibras — is a mock heroic narrative poem from the 17th century written by Samuel Butler.PurposeThe work is a satirical polemic upon Roundheads, Puritans, Presbyterians and many of the other factions involved in the English Civil War. The work was written… …
53Barlow, Joel — born March 24, 1754, Redding, Connecticut Colony [U.S.] died Dec. 24, 1812, Żarnowiec, Pol. U.S. writer and poet. He was a member of the group of young writers known as the Hartford (or Connecticut) Wits, whose patriotism led them to attempt to… …
54Dryden, John — born Aug. 9, 1631, Aldwinkle, Northamptonshire, Eng. died May 1, 1700, London British poet, dramatist, and literary critic. The son of a country gentleman, Dryden was educated at the University of Cambridge. His poetry celebrating the Restoration …
55parody — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. take off, imitation, travesty, burlesque. See copy, ridicule. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. travesty, caricature, burlesque, satire, lampoon, spoof, farce, imitation, mimicry, takeoff, pastiche, copy,… …
56Ignacy Krasicki — Infobox Person name =Ignacy Krasicki image size =200px caption =Portrait by Per Kraft, 1767. National Museum, Warsaw. birth date =birth date|1735|2|3|mf=y, birth place =Dubiecko, Galicia. death date =death date and age|1801|3|14|1735|2|3|mf=y,… …
57Diabelli Variations — Theme of the Variations Diabelli s Waltz The 33 Variations on a waltz by Anton Diabelli, Op. 120, commonly known as the Diabelli Variations, is a set of variations for the piano written between 1819 and 1823 by Ludwig van Beethoven on a waltz… …
58Bathos — is from the Greek , meaning depth . As used in English it originally referred to a particular type of bad poetry, but it is now used more broadly to cover any ridiculous artwork or performance. More strictly speaking, bathos is unintended humor… …
59Chaucer's Tale of Sir Topas — Geoffrey Chaucer Sir Thopas is a story in Chaucer s The Canterbury Tales published in 1387. In Canterbury Tales, there is a character named Geoffrey Chaucer. Chaucer s portrait of himself is unflattering and humble. He presents himself as a… …
60Burlesque (literary) — In literary criticism, the term burlesque is employed in genre criticism to describe any imitative work that derives humor from an incongruous contrast between style and subject. In this usage, forms of satire such as parody are types of… …
