This collection of twenty-nine original essays,surveys satire from its emergence in Western literature to the present.

• Tracks satire from its first appearances in the prophetic books of the Old Testament through the Renaissance and the English tradition in satire to Michael Moore’s satirical movie Fahrenheit 9/11.
• Highlights the important influence of the Bible in the literary and cultural development of Western satire.
• Focused mainly on major classical and European influences on and works of English satire, but also explores the complex and fertile cultural cross-semination within the tradition of literary satire.

 

Title:    Crow - 2500 words    Series:    English Language Teaching Crosswords

Inside Old English: Essays in Honour of Bruce Mitchell gives readers a comprehensive insight into the world of Old English.

• Consists of a series of original essays written by prominent specialists in the field in honour of the eminent Oxford scholar, Bruce Mitchell (co-author of the best-selling textbook A Guide to Old English, 6th edition, Blackwell, 2001).
• Encourages readers to engage with the literary, cultural, intellectual, religious and historical contexts of Old English texts.
• Explores the problems scholars face in interpreting and editing Old English texts.
• Highlights the essential secondary literature for each topic.

Each of the contributors writes in a straightforward and authoritative style, drawing out connections between different contexts and pointing readers towards the essential secondary literature for each topic.