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Alciphron
Alciphron , fl. c.AD 200?, Greek satirist. His only extant work, in fine Attic style, consists of over 100 fictitious letters from ordinary people living in Athens in the 4th cent. BC ... Read more
Christopher Anstey
Christopher Anstey , 1724-1805, English poet and satirist. He is known chiefly for The New Bath Guide (1766), a series of poetical episodes humorously depicting contemporary life at Bath. This work was widely read in its time and may have influenced Tobias Smollet's Humphrey Clinker. ... Read more
John Cleveland
John Cleveland 1613-58, English poet and political satirist. He served the royalist cause both as soldier and poet. His best-known work was The Rebel Scot (1644). Though his contemporary fame was great, and his works originally went through 20 editions, he is known today chiefly for the lyrics ... Read more
William Combe
William Combe , 1741-1823, English satirist and miscellaneous writer, b. Bristol. His writing was mainly hack work, issued anonymously to avoid seizure of the proceeds by his many creditors. He is chiefly remembered for the "Dr. Syntax" series (3 vol., 1812-21), for which he wrote doggerel verse... Read more
Theodore Dwight
Theodore Dwight 1764-1846, American author, b. Northampton, Mass.; brother of Timothy Dwight and grandson of Jonathan Edwards. A leader of the Federalist party in New England, he became famous for his political pamphlets and articles. As one of the younger Connecticut Wits he proved himself a hig... Read more
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg , 1742-99, German physicist and satirist. He taught at the Univ. of Göttingen, where his special field was electricity. Lichtenberg made several visits to England and was influenced by the satire of Swift and by the English theater. He satirized the pseudoscience of ... Read more
Winthrop Mackworth Praed
Winthrop Mackworth Praed , 1802-39, English poet and essayist. A Conservative member of Parliament (1830-32, 1834-39) and an accomplished political satirist, he is best remembered for his graceful light verse— "Letter of Advice," "Molly Mog" —and his serious poems, such as "Armin... Read more
satire
satire term applied to any work of literature or art whose objective is ridicule. It is more easily recognized than defined. From ancient times satirists have shared a common aim: to expose foolishness in all its guises—vanity, hypocrisy, pedantry, idolatry, bigotry, sentimentality—and ... Read more
Pietro Aretino
Pietro Aretino , 1492-1556, Italian satirist. He led a life of adventure and wrote abusive works for hire. His derisive wit was so feared that the gifts of those who sought either to buy him or buy him off made him very wealthy. He was a friend of Titian, who painted his portrait. His comedies, such... Read more
Charles Churchill
Charles Churchill , 1731-64, English poet and satirist. Upon his family's insistence he took religious orders in 1756, but life as a London dandy suited him more, and he resigned his curacy. His first poem and perhaps his best work, The Rosciad (1761), a satire on the leading actresses and actors ... Read more

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satire
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...recognized than defined. From ancient times satirists have shared a common aim: to expose foolishness...mixed fruits," hence a medley. Classical Satirists Outstanding among the classical satirists was the Greek dramatist Aristophanes, whose...
Juvenal
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...or Decimus Junius Juvenalis, was the greatest of the Roman satirists. His bitter and rhetorical denunciations of Roman society...series of vivid pictures of Roman life, inspired all later satirists. The life of Juvenal coincided with one of the most eventful...
Andrew Marvell
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...secretaryship, and in 1659 he was elected to Parliament, where he served until his death. He was one of the chief wits and satirists of his time as well as being a Puritan and a public defender of individual liberty. Today, however, he is known chiefly...
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...cartoons . In these early works he revealed the candor of observation that was later to make him the most graphic and savage of satirists. Goya possessed a driving ambition throughout his life (the only masters he acknowledged were "Nature," Velá...
Enlightenment
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...as the urbane commentary of Joseph Addison and Sir Richard Steele . Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope were influential Tory satirists. Lockean theories of learning by sense perception were further developed by David Hume . The philosophical view of human...
Democratic Party
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law ...founder of the modern Democratic Party was andrew jackson, a populist president who was portrayed as a donkey by political satirists. Jackson transformed presidential politics by expanding party involvement. (The donkey later became the symbol for the...
Saltykov-Shchedrin, Mikhail Yevgrafovich
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History SALTYKOV-SHCHEDRIN, MIKHAIL YEVGRAFOVICH (1826 – 1889), one of Russia's greatest satirists. Writing for leading radical journals of his time, Sovremennik (The Contemporary) (1862 – 1865) and Otechestvennye...
fili
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History ...hereditary class of aes dána or ‘men of the [poetic] art’. This excluded professional satirists and buffoons, who may have gradually become obsolete. These bards of the post‐ Norman period styled themselves...
Aspasia
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...men of Athens and valued by Pericles for her counsel, Aspasia was charged with engineering wars on Samos and Sparta. Greek satirists ridiculed Pericles by calling his mistress unflattering names—Omphale, Dejanira, Juno, and harlot. In the...
English Canadian literature
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Genuinely Canadian poetry was late in developing. In the 18th cent. Puritan hymnists, such as Henry Alline, and refugee Tory satirists, such as Jonathan Odell, took their models from American colonial or English neoclassical literature. Before the confederation...

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Tragedy and Comedy
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...like Persius (34 – 62 c.e.) and Juvenal (c. 55 or 60 – in or after 127 c.e.), are called satirists, and they expose vice. Both tragic and comic poems consist entirely of the dialogue of characters. In book 18 of his encyclopedia...
Political Cartoons
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...current events reproduced by the new copper engraving plates. The works of William Hogarth (1697 – 1764) and other satirists on British politics and the Parliament drew immediate crowds to the bars, taverns, and coffeehouses throughout the colonial...
iambus
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable ...stressed) syllable. The word, which is Latin, comes from Greek iambos ‘iambus, lampoon’, from iaptein ‘attack verbally’ (because the iambic trimeter was first used by Greek satirists).

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The funny world of political satirists.(Column)
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England); 6/6/2001; ; 700+ words ; ...still give the impression of being what satirists must be to be really effective: outsiders...politicians and politics has deepened. The satirists have contributed to this. Starting out...which the politicians have betrayed? Our satirists have nothing to suggest, so we are caught...
Satirists Poke Fun at Israel, Hezbollah
News Wire article from: AP Online; 8/5/2006; 700+ words ; NAHARIYA, Israel - Satirists are pouring their energies into the...critics are charging that Israeli satirists are making do with cheap shots at...pre-taped." But some charge that satirists are avoiding tough issues, such as...
Satirists ask Musharraf to seek asylum in India.
News Wire article from: PTI - The Press Trust of India Ltd.; 3/2/2008; 700+ words ; Satirists ask Musharraf to seek asylum in India Islamabad, Mar 2 (PTI) Satirists are having a field day poking fun at Pakistani...Musharraf. While Musharraf is a clear favourite with satirists, PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari, PML-N...
Satirists Help Israelis Blow Off Steam
News Wire article from: AP Online; 8/6/2006; 700+ words ; NAHARIYA, Israel - Satirists are pouring their energies into the...critics are charging that Israeli satirists are making do with cheap shots at...pre-taped." But some charge that satirists are avoiding tough issues, such as...
With departure of Bush, satirists lose their muse Letter from America
Newspaper article from: International Herald Tribune; 2/20/2009; ; 700+ words ; ...20-2009 With departure of Bush, satirists lose their muse Letter from America Byline...like these days for a band of political satirists who have gone by the name of Billionaires...crisis. Not that it's entirely new. Satirists have struggled with the ascension of...
This is the week that is As politicians court satirists in the hope of being seen as oneof the good guys, Peter Keighron questions the value of political satire
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/26/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...over. MacMillan's government gave satirists a big fat, soft target to aim at. Ditto...successor, Harold Wilson, soon provided satirists (and impressionists) with another easy...material? Of course, some political satirists do care. Rory Bremner has now shifted...
SATIRISTS GIVE HUNTERS THE BIRD ON FRINGE DEBUT
Newspaper article from: Evening News - Scotland; 8/11/1999; 425 words ; TOP TV satirists John Bird and John Fortune made their first Fringe appearance today...tear him to pieces," said Bird, one of Britain's leading political satirists. "The foxes claim it is necessary to keep down the number of human...
THIS TIME, THE LAST LAUGH IS ON SATIRISTS.(MAIN)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 4/3/2002; 700+ words ; Byline: ARTHUR HIRSCH From: Lionel C. Swift, Association of American Satirists To: The membership Re: Our obsolescence March 27, 2002 My dear fellow satirists: It is with difficulty and only after many hours of deliberation that I write...
POLITICS IS A FUNNY BUSINESS: Elected officials provide satirists with plenty of material.
Newspaper article from: Columbus Dispatch (Columbus, OH); 9/20/2006; 700+ words ; ...manage to find and put together is really significant." Some satirists contend that humor clarifies an understanding of the world...said Dikkers, of The Onion. "I think I can speak for all satirists on this point: We would like to not have to do this. This...
Satirists keep up tirade of Bush, Cheney jokes.(News)
Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 1/19/2001; 700+ words ; ...war. That still looks good. Bush hasn't even been sworn in but a battle-royal is taking place in the Senate and the satirists are declaring no truce. Bush personally has handled himself with dignity these weeks. He has tried to look presidential...