Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2009-938374
Reviews
His entries have enough comic vigour or elegance to be amusing even when one does not know the authoer being spoofed, and hilarious when one does., The best pastiches, burlesques and spoofs have a magical wit that transends mere mimicry, as this wide-ranging anthology shows., "The best pastiches, burlesques and spoofs have a magical wit that transcends mere mimicry, as this wide-ranging anthology shows. Gross has very sensibly put together an anthology that aims to gives pleasure on at least two levels. At best, his entries have enough comic vigour or elegance to be amusing even when one does not know the author being spoofed, and hilarious when one does."-Kevin Jackson, The Sunday Times"The art of parody has long occupied a pleasingly subversive place in our literature, so John Gross had a rich field to harvest here. His new and welcome anthology is well stocked with witty and diverting specimens. The book contains many gems."-J.M.W. Thompson, tandpoint"Excellent introduction to this superb smorgasbord of mimicry and literary mutilation." - Jonathan Wright, Catholic Herald"This collection of parodies does not disappoint. A deliciously funny book."-Bevis Hillier, Spectator, Substantial and richly entertaining anthology...Gross provides a brief but admirably informative history of the form., John Gross's new anthology of parodies in English (with a few foreign titbits) has samples both high and low of this diverse genre., The best pastiches, burlesques and spoofs have a magical wit that transcends mere mimicry, as this wide-ranging anthology shows., Gross has very sensibly put together an anthology that aims to give pleasure on at least two levels., His entries have enough comic vigour or elegance to be amusing even when one does not know the author being spoofed, and hilarious when one does., 'The critic FR Leavis disliked parody on the grounds that it "demeaned" the writer being held up to ridicule. A moment of two in the company of John Gross's sparkling new compendium demonstrates how wrong Leavis was. Gross's book passes the first great anthologist's test - putting in everything the reader expects to find, and a whole lot more besides - with flying colours.'DJ Taylor, The Financial Times
Dewey Edition
22
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Dewey Decimal
827.008
Table Of Content
Part OneParodies of individual authors by parodists including: Max Beerbohm, Robert Benchley, Alan Bennett, Irving Berlin, John Betjeman,Bret Harte, Anthony Hecht, Clive James, H. L. Mencken, George Orwell, James Thurber, John Updike, Peter Ustinov, Evelyn WaughParodied authors include: Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Johnson, Wordsworth, Emerson, Poe, Longfellow, Tennyson, Emily Dickinson, Hardy, Wilde, Conan Doyle, Yeats, Woolf, A. A. Milne, Lawrence, Marianne Moore, Raymond Chandler, Agatha Christie, Cole Porter, e. e. cummings, Hemingway, Auden, Larkin, Kerouac, Ginsberg, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath, Heaney, Ian McEwan, Martin Amis, J. K. RowlingPart TwoFrom the Wider World [foreign authors]Nursery RhymesTories and RadicalsThe Young Jane AustenRipostesAlice [Lewis Carroll]James Joyce as ParodistCompositesStage and ScreenArtistic EndeavoursThe Written WordDraynfleeteAffairs of StateThe Sokal HoaxTwo TributesA Mixed Assembly
Synopsis
Parodies come in all shapes and sizes. There are broad parodies and subtle parodies, ingenious imitations and knockabout spoofs, scornful lampoons and affectionate pastiches. All these varieties, and many others, appear in this delightful anthology, which has been hailed as "delightful" (Wall Street Journal), "enjoyable" (The New Yorker), and "sparkling" (The Financial Times). The classics of the genre are all here, but so are scores of lesser known but scarcely less brilliant works. At every stage there are surprises. Proust visits Chelsea, Yeats re-writes "Old King Cole," Harry Potter encounters Mick Jagger, a modernized Sermon on the Mount rubs shoulders with an obituary of Sherlock Holmes. The collection provides a hilarious running commentary on literary history, but it also looks beyond literature to include such things as ad parodies, political parodies, and even a scientific hoax. The collection includes work by such accomplished parodists as Max Beerbohm, Robert Benchley, H. L. Mencken, and Evelyn Waugh. And the "victims" include Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth, Poe, Longfellow, Emily Dickinson, Cole Porter, Martin Amis, and many others., An unparalleled introduction to the parodist's art, The Oxford Book of Parodies includes parodies from Chaucer to the present day, ranging from imitations and spoofs to lampoons and pastiches, comical, scornful, witty, and subtle. It also takes in advertisements, legal rituals, political warfare and a scientific hoax., Parodies come in all shapes and sizes. There are broad parodies and subtle parodies, ingenious imitations and knockabout spoofs, scornful lampoons and affectionate pastiches. All these varieties, and many others, are represented in this stunning new anthology, which provides an unparalleled introduction to the parodist's art. The classics of the genre are all here, from Lewis Carroll to Max Beerbohm; but so are scores of lesser known but scarcely less gifted figures, and brilliant contemporaries such as Craig Brown and Wendy Cope.At every stage there are surprises. Chaucer celebrates Miss Joan Hunter Dunn, Proust visits Chelsea, Yeats re-writes 'Old King Cole', Harry Potter encounters Mick Jagger, a modernized Sermon on the Mount rubs shoulders with an obituary of Sherlock Holmes. The collection provides a hilarious running commentary on literary history, but it also looks beyond literature in the narrow sense to take in such things as advertisements, legal rituals, political warfare, and a scientific hoax., Parodies come in all shapes and sizes. There are broad parodies and subtle parodies, ingenious imitations and knockabout spoofs, scornful lampoons and affectionate pastiches. All these varieties, and many others, appear in this delightful anthology, which has been hailed as "delightful" ( Wall Street Journal ), "enjoyable" ( The New Yorker ), and "sparkling" ( The Financial Times ). The classics of the genre are all here, but so are scores of lesser known but scarcely less brilliant works. At every stage there are surprises. Proust visits Chelsea, Yeats re-writes "Old King Cole," Harry Potter encounters Mick Jagger, a modernized Sermon on the Mount rubs shoulders with an obituary of Sherlock Holmes. The collection provides a hilarious running commentary on literary history, but it also looks beyond literature to include such things as ad parodies, political parodies, and even a scientific hoax. The collection includes work by such accomplished parodists as Max Beerbohm, Robert Benchley, H. L. Mencken, and Evelyn Waugh. And the "victims" include Chaucer, Shakespeare, Milton, Wordsworth, Poe, Longfellow, Emily Dickinson, Cole Porter, Martin Amis, and many others.
LC Classification Number
PR1195.P27
ebay_catalog_id
4
Copyright Date
2010