First published in 1972, this book provides a helpful introduction to burlesque literature, a term used by critics from the seventh-century onwards to describe work in which an incongruity between serious subject-matter and style is used to provoke laughter. It examines the four main types of burlesque writing: Travesty, Hudibrastic, Parody and the Mock-Poem, as well as dramatic burlesques.
| ISBN: | 9781138283244 |
| Publication date: | 17th January 2019 |
| Author: | John D Jump |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 92 pages |
| Series: | The Critical Idiom Reissued |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: general Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 |