Parody

by Dentith,Professor Simon

• ISBN13: 9780415182218
• ISBN10: 0415182212
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2000-09-12
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Parodyis 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.

Table of Contents

Series Editor's Preface	viii
Preface	ix
Acknowledgements	xi
Approaches to parody	1	(38)
Parody in the ancient and medieval worlds	39	(16)
Parody in the novel	55	(41)
Parody and poetry	96	(27)
The beauties of burlesque	123	(31)
Is nothing sacred? Parody and the postmodern	154	(36)
Conclusion	186	(4)
Glossary	190	(6)
Notes	196	(2)
Bibliography	198	(9)
Index	207