| 单词 | satiric |
| 例句 | He said he was mostly interested in the satiric rather than the arty side of painting. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z All this in a satiric vein, naturally, since Morgenstern hated royalty more even than doctors. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Actually, I was much less struck by the satiric implications of the picture than I was by the quality of workmanship that had gone into it. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z The more I flipped on, the more I knew: Morgenstern wasn’t writing any children’s book; he was writing a kind of satiric history of his country and the decline of the monarchy in Western civilization. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z And because my planned trip had aroused some satiric remarks among my friends, I named it Rocinante, which you will remember was the name of Don Quixote’s horse. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Their satiric arrows are aimed, nearly always, from the left flank of the political battlefield. The New Politics of Late Night 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z “Small Mouth Sounds” is a comedy with satiric bite. 'Small Mouth Sounds': Playwright Bess Wohl's off-Broadway sleeper arrives at the Broad Stage 2018-01-14T05:00:00Z Feiffer, 81, first won critical acclaim, including a Pulitzer Prize, years ago for the expressive, satiric political cartoons he drew for The Village Voice. Kids' books keep filling Jules Feiffer's radar screen 2010-06-25T22:27:00Z The “Fabric Paintings” read as simultaneously mildly satiric — send-ups of Brice Marden’s exquisitely wrought monochrome panel paintings — and optically engaging in their own right, with their subtle color juxtapositions and physical modesty. Art Review: Thinking Outside the Canvas 2011-04-26T23:58:11Z Love him or hate him, it’s hard to deny the satiric potential of Trump’s bombast and cartoon quality. The comedy defeceit: Donald Trump pre-presidency is jamming up comedians like Janeane Garofalo who say it’s just not funny 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z Perhaps it’s a remnant of that American outlaw spirit that tempts Handler to risk these satiric jabs. From the ‘Lemony ’ author, an adult novel of upper-middle-class despair 2015-01-27T05:00:00Z The self-indulgence and denial that were hyped for laughs on “Fat Actress” are still in play, but without the same wit or satiric bite. Television Review | 'Kirstie Alley's Big Life': More Adventures in Trying to Lose Weight 2010-03-18T21:46:00Z This darkly satiric novel examines how a nation exploits its own trauma. Perspective | How 9/11 altered the fiction landscape in 13 novels 2021-09-05T04:00:00Z Shteyngart wields his satiric bite to good effect depicting how shocked — shocked! — they are to encounter such mortifying rural indignities as spotty WiFi service and inadequate plumbing. Review | Gary Shteyngart’s ‘Our Country Friends’ is the darkly brilliant comedy we need right now 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z When the Nazis loomed, Dix closed one eye, made satiric references and also turned to images of mothers dandling or nursing infants, although painting women sincerely was hardly his forte. Art Review | Otto Dix: At Neue Galerie, a Retrospective of a Deeply German Artist 2010-03-11T23:25:00Z At first I thought these rushes to judgment were satiric, comments on a culture of short attention spans and instant opinions. Theater Review: ?Seminar,? by Theresa Rebeck, With Alan Rickman - Review 2011-11-21T03:01:23Z By the end, Jacobson turns his satiric rage on the voters who empower this “monstrous and abnormal thing.” A sneak peek at ‘P---y,’ the soon-to-be published novel about Donald Trump 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z And yet the production doesn't forget that all great satiric musicals need their Max Bialystock. Tonys preview: Bet on 'Book of Mormon' 2011-06-10T15:17:44Z More recently, Fulks has toned down his satiric streak and put the emphasis on his considerable musical chops. Robbie Fulks on how not to be “a guy in his 50s singing about sex or good times or even the opposite, about married contentedness” 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z The ad was to be a satiric spin on the kinds of heart tugging spots that are always branding gold – in particular Budweiser’s squee-inducing tale of a lost puppy rescued by his Clydesdales buddies. GoDaddy spikes puppy ad, is still terrible 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z Twain went, and his satiric travelogue “The Innocents Abroad” was a hit. New York?s Huckleberry Friend 2010-08-26T22:37:00Z It was funny and satiric, he said, but also troubling that small children were taught “that somebody with that accent was that nefarious. So you start from there.” When Russia was the villain: How this moment echoes the era of Cold War spy novels and ‘Rocky IV’ 2022-03-10T05:00:00Z The assumption is that it is a satiric work, mocking a woman emblematic of excess and desperate to be loved by anyone with some to spare. Buxom and Doomed: The Odd Marriage of Opera and Anna Nicole 2013-09-27T14:09:14Z For the Beatles always remained, in the first instance, a comedy team—their energies are satiric and expansive far more often than they are subversive or explosive. George The Fifth 2016-03-09T05:00:00Z The sweet, satiric joy and ebullience that infused the film isn't much in evidence, and it all starts to feel like a super-expensive karaoke act. ArtsBeat: Running in Circles: 'Chariots of Fire' in London 2012-06-28T14:59:50Z This is, sort of, Gloria's speech in action, and that is either wonderfully subversive and satiric or just plain stupid. In "Barbie," of course Ken hijacks the journey of empowerment in a misguided tour of the patriarchy 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z But much of the comic material here feels stereotyped in itself, bringing to mind lively but formulaic sketch routines from satiric variety shows like “In Living Color.” | 'By the Way, Meet Vera Stark': A Black Actress Trying to Rise Above a Maid 2011-05-10T02:24:41Z As a fan of Jess Walter's work, I am not sure his satiric gifts are teachable, but it's worth a try! Book briefs: news about Seattle authors, librarians, publishers and readings 2011-02-11T23:25:09Z Her attempt to sell a reality series to Bravo is interrupted by the news that her loathed former co-star has sold a satiric version of his life with her to HBO. TV Picks: 'The Newsroom,' 'The Comeback,' 'The Blacklist' 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z Middleton's play is admittedly a hybrid: a mix of moralistic tragedy and satiric comedy. Review|Theatre|Women Beware Women, Olivier, London|Michael Billington 2010-04-27T23:29:00Z Tranter takes the satiric intent a step further in his first poem, dismissing not just the poetry, but the whole faux countryman lifestyle that went with it. Poster poems: Licence to steal 2013-02-08T11:22:08Z To which I say: No. "Borat" flies on the wings of effrontery and astonishing satiric extremes, and its pilot is a singular creation. Is the appeal of 'Jackass' just a guy thing? 2010-10-22T21:09:00Z More important, as classic blonde jokes acquire deadly hues, the novel’s satiric color remains subtle — more a rinse than a dye. The world has a really bad hair day in ‘The Blondes’ 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z She gives the newscasters — modern city folk with practiced off-and-on empathy and inane, if occasionally hilarious, ideas about rural life — center stage, though they’re her least interesting satiric target. | 'Peepli Live': A Sendup of India Politics and News 2010-08-13T04:13:00Z The inclusion of these latter is entirely just: British satiric art begins in adaptations of style by painters who saw themselves as fundamentally serious, and ends having come full circle. Rude Britannia: British Comic Art, at Tate Britain 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z But for all its local wonders, its unceasing appeal to grace and intelligence – plus some welcome bursts of satiric laughter – there is something formally wrong with "The Age of Anxiety". On an alien shore 2010-04-09T23:07:00Z Which means we’re woefully late for … This week: Write a satiric song about anything in the news these days, set to any familiar tune. Style Invitational Week 1440: It’s parody time 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z Lee's title suggests something quite radical, and there are moments early on when it seems as if she might be headed in an aggressively satiric direction. Four political dramas that play around with form 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z The moods range from satiric humor to pathos. Music Review: From Mahler, Love, Despair, Fairy Tales And Animals 2010-12-03T22:40:00Z The American culture war, that combustible, stupefying cocktail of religion, sex, politics and everything else that gets people hot and bothered, represents a rich vein of satiric and dramatic potential. | 'Salvation Boulevard': An Evangelist, an Atheist and a Murder That Tests Faith 2011-07-14T23:06:36Z Too grand to call it disgusted or satiric. Georgia O’Keeffe’s urban side 2012-07-25T16:42:00Z Sometimes these shifts serve a joke or a satiric point. Reggie Watts, the Tip of Comedy’s Absurdist Spear 2016-12-06T05:00:00Z Just as the novels oscillate between the bright and the dark, the private and the public, they also exhibit both romantic and satiric writing. Jay McInerney on brightness, couples and catastrophe 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z A satiric celebration of anarchic youth and the blast of oxygen that they give to a wheezing kingdom. Movies 2014-07-07T04:00:00Z There are movies that are obviously satiric, and they can be great. Perspective | Seeing ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’ through a feminist lens 2021-09-15T04:00:00Z Radcliffe will portray the show's unlikely hero, an opportunistic young man who rises from the mail room to the top of the corporate heap in this satiric, Pulitzer Prize-winning musical. Daniel Radcliffe sings in B'way's 'How to Succeed' 2010-04-15T21:44:00Z From a different author, this domestic muckraking would be disillusioning and satiric, a searing exposure of a happy family’s corrupt origins. Anne Tyler’s new novel feels familiar, but that’s actually a good thing 2015-02-10T05:00:00Z These men are ruthless at best, mass murderers at worst; one joins in the spirit of their merriment reluctantly, even though the film’s satiric intent is abundantly clear. ‘The Death of Stalin’ Review: Laughing in the Graveyard of History 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z Two cases in point for this year's Emmy nominations chase: Bids by Fox's edgy animated sitcom "Family Guy" and IFC's gently satiric "Portlandia." Make 'em laugh: Emmy marketing campaigns try humor 2012-06-15T02:06:38Z That image announced both McCall’s major theme—the absurdity of city life—and the tenets of his style, which relies on gently satiric detail. Bruce McCall’s “Down the Hatch” 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z “The Armies of the Night” is not a journalistic account of a protest so much as a satiric poem of fathers and sons. The Strange Prophecies in Norman Mailer’s “The Armies of the Night” 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z And yet his story never develops the psychological depth or satiric edge to make these scenes sufficiently moving, witty or arresting. The most pleasant novel about pornography you’ll ever read 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z It’s also worth adding that her view of men tends to be critical and sometimes piercingly satiric, focused equally on their power and their impotence. The Wild, Rangy, Unclassifiable Delights of Joy Williams’s Fiction 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z Swift's Lilliputians and Brobdingnagians are instrumental creations, the intent of which is overtly political and satiric. Big on littleness 2010-08-27T23:05:00Z It’s hard to believe that Nick was once a successful astronomer, and Carmen’s do-gooding and left-wing politics are sometimes depicted with a satiric sneer. Books of The Times: ?Carry the One,? a Novel by Carol Anshaw 2012-03-12T21:38:55Z Moreover, there's a great deal of satiric graphic art that by reason of its mode of production is necessarily ephemeral. Rude Britannia: British Comic Art, at Tate Britain 2010-06-04T23:06:00Z The male actors here — who also include Tom Aulino as a mysterious 130-year old man whose own anger has not been withered by age — offer an entertaining gallery of satiric portraits. Review: ‘Do You Feel Anger’ Plumbs the Depths of Office Humor 2019-04-01T04:00:00Z Ortberg’s transition is mercifully free of grim stoicism, flexing instead an array of satiric voices, chief among them riffs on Christian parable. The Masculine Mystique: A New Kind of Trans Memoir 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z But with this new play, a sweet and satiric meditation on the beautiful folly of idealism, he establishes himself as a writer and artist of serious consequence. | 'The Walk Across America for Mother Earth': Protesters Armed With Wigs and Sequins 2011-01-21T03:01:21Z Some of the stories here are funny and satiric. In ‘The Dog,’ Jack Livings Writes of a Modernizing China 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z Mr. Inoue’s play is a speculation — poetic, satiric, fanciful and heartfelt — on what might have happened had these rivals met again six years later. | 'Musashi': From Hisashi Inoue, a Zen Comedy-Drama 2010-07-08T22:44:00Z With a game like Grand Theft Auto IV, set in a satiric rendition of New York City, there are certainly 16-year-olds who will do nothing but embark on wild virtual crime sprees. Critic?s Notebook: The Court Has Ruled; Now Games Have a Duty 2011-06-28T22:04:38Z She posts a new video about once a week, ranging from in-depth reviews to satiric rants on book culture. The Bookstagrammers and BookTubers changing the way we read 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z EDT Sunday, is a satiric look at life within an exclusive Hawaiian resort. New this week: ‘Black Widow, Jakob Dylan and ‘Gossip Girl’ 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z No satiric barb, no matter how sharp, can breach that wall. The New Politics of Late Night 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z All this does not, by the way add up to a satiric take on a time of mindless affluence. ArtsBeat: London Theater Journal: A 'Much Ado' With Dr. Who 2011-07-14T18:42:41Z Her portraits somehow manage to combine effervescence with earnestness, a finely tuned sense of absurdity with nostalgia, satiric wit with genuine warmth. Books of The Times: Soft Lyrics Set in Motion a Mad Crush 2011-01-31T19:02:40Z Times film critic Betsy Sharkey found the film "intriguingly unorthodox" and "a provocative, sometimes satiric drama about the sort of Islamic extremists who make life, especially in the outer reaches, so treacherous these days." 'Timbuktu' director Abderrahmane Sissako shines a light on extremism 2015-02-02T05:00:00Z What succeeds as satiric comedy falters when the mood turns more serious. 'American Psycho' boldly blends the scary with the sardonic 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z Mr. Albee’s “powerful, angry satiric voice” reinvigorated a Broadway that had been defined by the dramatic works of O’Neill, Miller and Williams, Roudane said. Edward Albee, Pulitzer-winning playwright of modern masterpieces, dies at 88 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z “It’s very easy for me to think of the satiric ‘Inside the Actor’s Studio’ sketch where the actor is talking about himself in the third person,” he said. Film: Ben Stiller: There?s Something About Mortification 2010-03-12T04:24:00Z How did you massage the tone of the film, which is satiric with characters puncturing pretentions, but also horrific, with characters puncturing bodies? "The Menu" director on his film's crossover with "Succession," flavored by "corrosive" egos 2022-11-18T05:00:00Z They precisely — and sometimes charmingly — embody what they are meant to stand for, yet for me they remained quick-stroke portraits of the kind common to satiric sketch comedy. Theater Review: ?Chinglish,? by David Henry Hwang, at Longacre Theater ? Review 2011-10-28T02:00:00Z It was when Finley herself, in all her emotional extremity, would peek through the Jackie disguise and voice satiric outrage at the transformation of victims into objects of consumption. Karen Finley's portrayal of the widowed first lady in 'The Jackie Look' kicks off the Broad's feminist series 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z That was the way I saw it, too — a satiric look at a larger than life politician in the midst of the 1992 presidential campaign. Joe Klein on Working With Mike Nichols 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z All view painful or complex passages in American history through a satiric lens, framing the stories they present in comic quotation marks of one kind of another. Theatrical Stumbles of Historic Proportions 2010-12-10T16:02:00Z After all, bongo punctuations and various satiric percussive pops border on Spike Jones, the wacky 1950s bandleader. Conductor Mirga Grazinyte-Tyla brings her magic back to the Bowl 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z Comedy Central's Jon Stewart, meanwhile, discarded his satiric approach to news Monday night and turned serious. A tragedy in Tucson, and more arguing on talk TV 2011-01-11T11:16:06Z Still, when the musical sets aside its satiric impulses to draw us into the love story between Jeff and Jenni, the music doesn’t gain in depth or richness. Theater Review: ‘Nobody Loves You,’ TV Satire at Old Globe in San Diego 2012-06-08T21:59:29Z A satiric – to the extent that a Karl Rove project is capable of intentional satire and wit — version of what a Judd campaign ad might look like, the spot is full-on crazy. Karl Rove is now going after Ashley Judd 2013-02-08T16:40:00Z In the most pointed satiric shot Ms. McKay blithely carols Irving Berlin’s “Isn’t This a Lovely Day” while her drummer, Ben Bynum, ostentatiously simulates shooting heroin while she pretends not to notice. Music Review: Bringing Out the Bad Girl for Some Tough Times 2011-03-24T22:06:02Z It may have been in pursuit of farce, not fact, but it gave credence to the people who say “The Daily Show” is journalistic, not just satiric. Jon Stewart of ?The Daily Show? Takes On Fox News 2010-04-23T22:21:00Z He’s a tad pompous in his beret, but Walbert never reduces any of her characters to satiric props, and here in his dusty studio, we see and hear the basic foundations of modern aesthetics. In ‘The Sunken Cathedral,’ Kate Walbert evokes Virginia Woolf 2015-06-02T04:00:00Z His approach was both satiric and affectionate; Reichardt’s tone, by contrast, is glumly objective. David Denby: Jesse Eisenberg Explores His Dark Side 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z Han keeps his focus on this sad family, but he’s a subtle and astute cultural critic, too, casting a satiric eye over the land of opportunity and the unbounded promises of consumer paradise. Review | Simon Han’s ‘Nights When Nothing Happened’ is a poignant study of the immigrant experience 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z Turning back the clock on female empowerment with a wink and a wiggle, "Women Who Flirt" is a rom-com that occupies the silly end of the satiric spectrum. 'Women Who Flirt' plays with gender stereotypes in silly romp 2014-11-25T05:00:00Z Reviews were gleeful in pointing out that the film industry — long a target of satiric disdain in Broadway plays — was finally getting a bit of its own back. Falling in Love Again With ‘All About Eve’ 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z But it turns a mischievous satiric eye on the fashions, hairstyles and pop music of the period. French Film Festival Looks Back, to ?70s and 1700s 2011-03-02T10:18:20Z She’s also in a position to cast a knowing, satiric eye across the whole enterprise of fiction workshops, graduate seminars, bookstore readings and publishing parties. Review | Lily King’s ‘Writers & Lovers’ delivers pure joy 2020-03-04T05:00:00Z But one cannot help but compare the zany satiric bite of “Get Out” with the resonant intelligence of Baldwin in “I Am Not Your Negro.” “Get Out” and the Death of White Racial Innocence 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z Yet it’s impossible to imagine a victim more immune to satiric injury. A sneak peek at ‘P---y,’ the soon-to-be published novel about Donald Trump 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z Think Goya's satiric Capricho etching of chairs sitting atop women, rather than the other way around, which inspired several Stark works. 'UH-OH: Frances Stark, 1991-2015' at Hammer Museum is an enthralling midcareer survey 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z As art director he oversaw satiric covers critical of the C.I.A. and opposing the Vietnam War, and he persuaded Norman Rockwell to contribute a portrait of the peace activist and philosopher Bertrand Russell. Dugald Stermer, Illustrator and Ramparts Art Director, Dies at 74 2011-12-08T04:57:38Z With only occasional lapses, the show is infused with an urgent, crackling energy, by turns joyful, satiric, grim and tragic. Art Review: Bleak Visions From Early-20th-Century Rebels 2011-03-24T22:07:05Z And there are satiric set pieces, too, that remind us that DeLillo began as an advertising copywriter: “Die a while, then live forever!” Don DeLillo’s novel ‘Zero K’ captures the swelling fears of our age 2016-04-25T04:00:00Z That may be intentional or even satiric; one hopes it is something other than reactionary. 'True Detective' turns cautious at the beginning of Season 2 2015-06-19T04:00:00Z Their weapons of choice were feeble jokes, verbal and visual puns, satiric publications and instructions for absurd performances. Art Review: ?Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life? - Review 2011-09-23T23:19:41Z Willard Park sees uprooted trees, mysterious fires, angry altercations, and it’s all smart, satiric fun, the kind of comic novel that helps us see our own foibles while we’re laughing at those of others. Review | A local author turns suburban drama into smart satire 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z While her skeptical, appraising eye lends a satiric edge to her portrait of this willful narcissist, her understanding of his inner life also fuel-injects it with genuine emotion. Books of The Times: A Rock-Star Life Imagined, but Never Actually Achieved 2011-07-11T22:00:32Z He’s a lampoonist with a trenchant take on American culture and a gift for ferociously satiric one-liners. 'Barbecue' at the Geffen finds a ferociously funny way into the subject of race and identity 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z But most of the interest of the original “Planet of the Apes” and its sequels lies in their skewed, satiric take on human nature. film: Apes From the Future, Holding a Mirror to Today 2011-07-27T12:00:09Z He was "wonderfully poised, informed," patient and kind and animated by a "markedly sly, sardonic and satiric" sense of humor. Joyce Carol Oates writes memoir of grief 2011-02-11T13:01:04Z Instead, this ferociously satiric series sets its sights on a family at war, siblings in a struggle with one another and with their formidable father. ‘Succession’ Review: A Family at War 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z Phil Ochs catalogued these in his scathing satiric song “Draft Dodger Rag,” ending the last verse with: Donald Trump is a chicken-hawk and a hypocrite: The real story about Vietnam and the draft 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z He’s working in the satiric tradition of Mark Twain, who also couldn’t resist some cheap shots at Mormons. James Morrow’s satiric novel ‘Galápagos Regained’ takes on Darwin and God 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z There is even a hint here of the satiric mockery that eventually greeted the culture of the sea, aimed at the explorers who claimed uncommon strength and miraculous adventures. Exhibition Review: At the Folger, a 200-Year Survey of the Sea 2010-08-18T18:21:00Z The play, by Richard Montoya and the satiric Latino theater group Culture Clash, also pokes fun at Mormons, Asians, Shakespeare and a variety of American historical figures, including Lewis and Clark and Teddy Roosevelt. Oregon Shakespeare Festival Explores Americana 2010-08-12T22:27:00Z Still, most reviewers are in line with Entertainment Weekly's Joe McGovern, who says it's "a pity that the film is bereft of satiric zing, bludgeoning the laughs with a nonstop sledgehammer of bro humor." 'The Interview': Farce doesn't live up to fuss, reviews say 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z As a study of a geeky guy subculture, the show is not far off from “The Big Bang Theory,” which is to say, it’s consistently funny — lighthearted, gently satiric, and basically friendly toward its characters. These are the geeks who run our world: So why is “Silicon Valley” just another workplace comedy? 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z Now 67, Morrow has been writing satiric science fiction and historical novels for almost 35 years. James Morrow’s satiric novel ‘Galápagos Regained’ takes on Darwin and God 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z “Louie,” is just as bleakly satiric, perhaps more so, but in a less forced format. | 'Louie': Louis C.K.?s New Comedy on FX 2010-06-28T22:37:00Z What can you say about your film's tone, which is satiric, but also at times comic? "France" director Bruno Dumont on Léa Seydoux, digital media and how the "fake can generate truth" 2021-12-09T05:00:00Z For one thing, the art that the latter-day George produces, a light installation called a chromolume, has usually been rendered in terms that feel satiric and cheesy, and certainly unworthy of any heir to Seurat. Review: ‘Sunday in the Park With George,’ a Living Painting to Make You See 2017-02-23T05:00:00Z And about the same time I started writing plays, though, to my surprise, not in the satiric mode of my heroes. Your First Theater Crush 2013-08-21T16:24:20Z The simplifying artifice of performance is a theme here, but there is a satiric edge to this intellectualizing, almost as if next to the heated passions of the play, it were beside the point. Critic?s Notebook: Going Under the Radar, and Into the Unknown 2011-01-11T23:53:39Z And, while the play has one or two awkward contrivances, it confirms Bennett's peculiar gift for blending the satiric and the elegiac. People – review 2012-11-08T01:07:23Z Of course, the shelf of novels — romantic and satiric — about the super-rich is already crowded, but “Swing Time” may be the most perceptive one I’ve read about the distortion field created by fame and wealth. ‘Swing Time’: Zadie Smith’s sweeping novel about friendship, race and class 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z Why release a satiric book based on a character that left television screens in 2011, when the series went off HBO? Ari Gold gets a book deal 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z A singing comic rooted in music hall tradition, he is also a disciple of Oscar Wilde, issuing satiric paradoxes with the same gusto with which Edna tosses gladioli into her audiences. Though her purple hair shows no silver, Dame Edna prepares to retire 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Most of my favorite shows are in the comedic space, including moody “Looking,” satiric “Veep,” and the tragicomic family dramas “Togetherness” and “Transparent.” Let’s start arguing about the Emmys now: The critic’s dream ballot that could come true 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z For Mr. Moore, Bond was Simon Templar on a grander scale and more satiric. Roger Moore, suave actor who held James Bond role the longest, dies at 89 2017-05-23T04:00:00Z The Chicago Sun-Times' Bruce Ingram disagrees, writing that "the wickedly satiric sense of humor that made the original worth watching is nowhere to be found." 'The Purge: Anarchy' a grim improvement on the original, reviews say 2014-07-18T04:00:00Z “But that doesn’t make any difference, for the nonsense is generally good and at times it reaches the level of first-class satiric burlesque.” What’s on TV This Week: ‘Lovecraft Country’ and the Billboard Music Awards 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z As Schmidt explains it, the senior girls traditionally wear face paint for the tournament, in a satiric nod to the eye black grease that football players wear, and “to intimidate the underclassmen.” Here’s what you need to know about blackface: Don’t do it 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z In Edna I created a satiric portrait of my hometown of Melbourne, a large provincial English city paradoxically in far Southeast Asia. Though her purple hair shows no silver, Dame Edna prepares to retire 2015-01-23T05:00:00Z Early on, you may think it’s some kind of satiric homage to a 1950s nightclub act. Theater Review: ‘Lady and the Champ,’ With Jake LaMotta 2012-07-23T22:24:21Z Their process wasn’t quite that simple, but Baldwin clearly admires Andersen’s satiric skill. How does Alec Baldwin’s Trump impression sound on the page? Yuuge! 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z The show, he went on, is "embarrassingly derivative of Mamma Mia! and looks way past its sell-by date in its utterly surprise-free satiric swipe at X Factor". Spice musical leaves critics cold 2012-12-12T10:39:20Z The satiric opening song provided a startling counterpoint to the surprisingly tragic stories that followed. Anonymous Oscar ballot: Publicist gives "Roma" 7, "Vice" 3, "Can You Ever Forgive Me" 2 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z There's a saucy, satiric mayoral strut, lead by statuesque Wade Schaaf as His Honor, and an alternately fast and slow-motion depiction of the assassination. Reinking, Thodos create a vision of ambition and madness in 1983 Chicago 2011-02-20T16:21:00Z As for "Top Five," its story of a former stand-up turned movie star having a midlife crisis has the sharp satiric edge that is Rock's trademark. Pining for sophisticated comedy in a world of raunch 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z He is an intense writer, whose short novels take fierce satiric hold of a fictional concept and squeeze and squeeze. My Favorite Books of 2016 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z "The Brink," like most broadly aiming television comedies, must also seek to achieve its satiric ends without taking an overt political view, which can pose a challenge. HBO's 'The Brink,' with Jack Black, is satiric about the geopolitical 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z Vincent Canby, writing in The Times, called it “a satiric expression of the American Dream in the closing years of the 20th century.” Bo Goldman, Oscar-Winning Screenwriter, Dies at 90 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z A raspy purr making bedroom promises one minute, it could turn fatally satiric the next. Appreciation: Glenda Jackson, formidable English talent who helped change contemporary acting's tone 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z “There’s satiric discussion of complex social dynamics. … It’s a real work of literature. It’s a real work of art.” Jerry Craft drew a positive Black story. Then the calls for a ban began. 2023-04-08T04:00:00Z Jaffee’s illustrations first appeared in the legendary satiric magazine in 1955, shortly after it transitioned from a comic book to a magazine. Al Jaffee, iconoclastic cartooning legend of Mad Magazine fame, dies at 102 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z The billionaire and the gardeners would seem to be moral opposites, but Catton writes with a satiric edge that leaves no survivors. Review | In Eleanor Catton’s ‘Birnam Wood,’ the end of the world creeps up fast 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z By mocking business through starkly unadorned panels, Adams had a satiric and visual niche — a combination that Toler found appealing. The bewildering descent of Scott Adams and ‘Dilbert’ 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z In the ’90s, it became an iconic strip as a daily satiric response to office cubicle culture, spawning best-selling books, calendars and a short-lived UPN television show. Comics industry reacts to ‘Dilbert’ creator Scott Adams’s racist rant 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z The experience led Rising to becoming a producer on “The Candidate,” a satiric 1972 film with parallels to the Tunney campaign. Nelson Rising, who shaped L.A. and oversaw some of California's biggest projects, dies at 81 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z “No One Left” is that rare thing: a satiric crime novel that doesn’t forsake story for style. Sam Lipsyte's new ’90s caper novel is a glorious, grungy Gen-X swan song 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z But much of it does, especially its satiric sendups of consumerism and society manners. Review | To find great female novelists, stop looking in Jane Austen’s shadow 2022-11-25T05:00:00Z The E’s favorite part of the Flushies is the singalong of Loser-penned songs — so let’s make some more: Write a satiric song about anything in the news these days, set to any familiar tune. Style Invitational Week 1490: It’s parody time 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Other cartoonists began publishing their satiric parodies once the controversy made headlines. Comics industry reacts to ‘Dilbert’ creator Scott Adams’s racist rant 2023-02-27T05:00:00Z The music is jubilant but the lyrics are satiric poison. Review: Black, queer and laceratingly honest, 'A Strange Loop' liberates Broadway 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z The magazine’s alternative list includes Jacques Barzun’s “God’s Country and Mine,” described as “the definitive rejoinder to fashionable anti-Americanism,” and Evelyn Waugh’s “Scoop,” summed up as a “prophetically satiric novel about wars of liberation.” Perspective | How do you choose a book? Book lists by other writers are a great place to start 2022-03-02T05:00:00Z The added poignant overlay was that Friedman, beloved in the theater world and composer of the satiric “Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson” that ran on Broadway in 2010-2011, was not around for the Playwrights production. A team of artists had dreams for their new musical. A pandemic crushed them. 2022-02-25T05:00:00Z The couples gather in a generic meeting room to “process” — a buzzword that’s used to satiric effect — what they discovered about themselves and their relationships through their role-playing. Review: Jeremy O. Harris' 'Slave Play' awakens the Mark Taper Forum with a jolt 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Sahl had a stint writing screenplays and contributing to various films and continued to offer his caustic and satiric insights on America. Revolutionary comic Mort Sahl has died 2021-10-26T04:00:00Z It is a glossy, witty, satiric view of class and caste. Reader letters: Jungle Cruise memories, ‘Daily Show’ leaves its mark 2021-07-31T04:00:00Z A spirit of satiric zaniness keeps the laughter flowing, but this meta-theatrical comedy is as jagged as the racial history it depicts. Coming to an L.A. stage: Proof we're in a golden age of American playwriting 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z The new film “Mainstream,” directed and co-written by Gia Coppola, attempts to capture this current moment of social media influencers and online personalities with both a sense of emotional empathy and satiric bite. 'Things I've never done in private before': Andrew Garfield pushes the ‘Mainstream’ 2021-05-14T04:00:00Z Now, though, the New York-based comic is among a small cadre of mimics who must consider whether they will mothball their acclaimed satiric takes on Trump once he leaves the White House. The top Trump impersonators are asking themselves: What now? 2021-01-16T05:00:00Z In contrast to Tomorrow, Bolling draws in a more whimsical style, giving his strips a certain playfulness — like a warm pet that leaps and rolls over before delivering a satiric bite. Review | From two cartoonists, twisted takes on life with Trump 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z The book is his 2017 satiric novel “Tell Me How This Ends Well.” Texas organizations launch virtual book club during pandemic 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z Mike Luckovich, the cartoonist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, says Trump has provided such consistent satiric fodder that only recently has he begun to zero in on the Democratic candidates. Cartoonists share their secrets to drawing the Democratic candidates, from Bernie’s hair to Klobuchar’s smile 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z Though Chaplin was retrospectively rueful, it was not a crazy notion—and he would use it to fantastic comic effect in “The Great Dictator,” still the best satiric study of dictator style ever created. The Field Guide to Tyranny 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Schiff’s satiric transcript reading earned him more withering criticism from Trump – who called the move “treasonous” – as well as calls for censure from Republicans in the House. Tea Party group wants Schiff investigated for ethics violations in impeachment inquiry 2019-10-08T04:00:00Z The state broadcaster, KAN, released to Twitter a short film featuring a satiric song that purports to introduce Tel Aviv to first-time visitors. Tel Aviv, in Need of Distraction, Hosts the Eurovision Song Contest 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z Even in the satiric world of “Veep,” the notion that a female candidate could get away with all the profanity, bellicosity and dirty tricks of a male candidate is absurd. Women hold power in 'Long Shot' and 'Veep' — a fantasy that feels less and less inspiring 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z The satiric Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party hosted a downtown march Friday night in the Hungarian capital with speeches, chants and signs critical of Orban. Protesters in Hungary reject Orban's nationalist government 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z The satiric Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party hosted a downtown march Friday evening in the Hungarian capital with speeches, chants and signs critical of nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban and his policies. Protesters in Hungary reject Orban’s nationalist government 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z The purpose of these satiric comedians and these comedy shows is mockery. Opinion | Too narrow of a view 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z Although its soul is sweetness itself, its surface is disturbing and intentionally so, and its clever and satiric sense of humor is undoubtedly pitched to adult tastes. Burton dreams up a delightful 'Nightmare' - Los Angeles Times 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z “These satiric mock newspapers were very popular in the 19th century,” Stritmatter said. Coppin State professor may have a lost Melville manuscript 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z Working with longtime editor Barry Alexander Brown, the director casually but fearlessly stirs things up, balancing brutal satiric comedy, unapologetic social commentary, convincing jeopardy, even appealing romance. Review: Spike Lee at his peak, ‘BlacKkKlansman’ uses the past to explain where we are today 2018-08-07T04:00:00Z The Chapo book is a wry, satiric look at American political culture, interspersed with asides and factoids that layer over the larger narrative. “Chapo Guide to Revolution” hints at a burgeoning leftist culture going mainstream 2018-08-06T04:00:00Z “With Nixon, he was at least a politician,” says Steadman, letting his words hang in the air like a satiric word balloon. Analysis | Ralph Steadman’s D.C. retrospective often shines a ‘gonzo’ light on America 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z Their latest film, “Damsel,” is their most ambitious yet, a satiric deconstruction of both the Western genre and masculine buffoonery. Indie Focus: Finding new paths in 'Damsel,' 'Half the Picture' and 'Eating Animals' 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z He helped found a campus literary magazine, where in an early burst of his satiric power he published a parody of the college newspaper so devastating that it earned him an admonition from the dean. Philip Roth, Towering Novelist Who Explored Lust, Jewish Life and America, Dies at 85 2018-05-23T04:00:00Z Q: Is it speculative fiction, mystery or satiric thriller? 2 deaths in Norway, 1 unsolved murder in Arizona and 108 predictions 2018-05-13T04:00:00Z Ferrell and Shannon are producers for the satiric look at the nuptials of the British prince and American Markle, former star of the TV show “Suits.” Will Ferrell, Molly Shannon team up to cover royal wedding 2018-05-01T04:00:00Z As a result of the successful satiric campaign, Boyle occupies one of 20 spots filled in last week’s election tally. Squirrel wins UC Berkeley student government election 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z As a McDormand vehicle, the film has a satiric western swagger, updated by the casting of a woman of a certain age in the vigilante role. Why 'Three Billboards' and 'Call Me by Your Name' leave this theater critic cold 2018-03-01T05:00:00Z At the helm of her first feature, actress Heather Graham conjures a fizzy comedy with a satiric edge. Heather Graham's 'Half Magic' gets giddy with empowerment 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z The writer and director's latest effort is a 71-minute, black-and-white satiric comedy called "The Party." Fiercely independent filmmaker Sally Potter returns with 'The Party' 2018-02-16T05:00:00Z He cites the 1961 essay Writing American Fiction in which a youngish Philip Roth sees Richard Nixon on TV as “a satiric literary creation” and admits to feeling a “professional envy”. Jeffrey Eugenides: ‘I’m not trying to compete with the outrageousness of Trump’ 2017-11-25T05:00:00Z That hack occurred in the weeks before Sony released a satiric movie about a plot to kill North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Clues point to possible North Korean involvement in massive cyberattack 2017-05-15T04:00:00Z “The huacihcolero is like the devil, everybody knows he is there but nobody has seen him,” goes the song, which she notes is a bit satiric. Gunmen kill 4 Mexican soldiers investigating pipeline theft 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z Senate for a bill targeting speech on college campuses are among the winners of the Jefferson Muzzles - satiric awards bestowed annually by a free-speech group. Jefferson Muzzle ‘awards’ take aim at free-speech offenders 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Senate for a bill targeting speech on college campuses are among the winners of the Jefferson Muzzles — satiric awards bestowed annually by a free-speech group. Jefferson Muzzle ‘awards’ take aim at free-speech offenders 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z The title of her column, “Bread and Circuses,” was a winking reference to the poet Juvenal and his satiric view of the citizens of ancient Rome desiring diversion over anything else. Kate O’Beirne, feisty conservative commentator, dies at 67 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z It reveals Egypt’s familiar Arab Spring experience through a lens, that of satiric comedy, which is very different from the way we usually see it. Price of laughter in the Mideast made clear in 'Tickling Giants' 2017-04-06T04:00:00Z “He added elements of bebop, swing and blues,” noted the Contra Costa Times, “into an idiosyncratic style that revolves around his dry, satiric wit and honey-sweet Southern drawl.” Pianist, singer and 'William Faulkner of jazz' Mose Allison dead at 89 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z What happens on cable rarely stays on cable, and the satiric hostility of “Married With Children” is now all but passé. On TV, rage has become the new romance 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z Two other journalists connected to a satiric TV show that was abruptly canceled by the government also are being held, along with an employee of the Communications Ministry. Algeria officialdom threatens nation's noisy, tell-all media 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z “So I knew from the beginning,” Russell tells The Post’s Comic Riffs, “that it would be a satiric, edgy response to ‘The Flintstones.’ Yabba-dabba reboot! The Flintstones are back, this time in comics form. 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z It’s a far cry from Jon Stewart’s sardonic bemusement or Stephen Colbert’s satiric obliviousness: Bee is ticked off about a lot of things, and she is more than happy to explain why. Angry while female: Why it matters that Beyonce, Kelly Ripa and Samantha Bee won't hide their outrage 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z The actor, who spent a good chunk of his time on SNL playing President George W. Bush, has signed on to play Ronald Reagan in a satiric film called "Reagan," Variety reported Wednesday. Conservatives less than thrilled by Will Ferrell playing Reagan with dementia 2016-04-28T04:00:00Z Laurie, who is a bit of a polymath, has long been obsessed with Le Carré and the spy genre; in 1996, he published a well-received satiric novel called The Gun Seller. Face to Face With Hugh Laurie 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Its delirious barrage of satiric blows at a surveillance society of corrupt authority figures, economic exploitation, and assembly-line institutions speaks directly to our time. Camille Paglia’s history of music: The politics and poetry of Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye and hip-hop 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Lee’s latest film, the critically acclaimed dramedy “Chi-raq,” takes a satiric look at the epidemic of gun violence in the Windy City. Spike Lee becomes the latest black celeb to 'feel the Bern' 2016-02-23T05:00:00Z It's obviously still going strong, which was good for the film, but led to a problem: Truth was becoming more satiric than fiction. Funny or Die 'Donald Trump' filmmakers talk about making the viral parody with Johnny Depp 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z A pair of satiric digital Super Bowl commentators commenting on their non-satiric Super Bowl ad: Life does not get more media-meta than that. The Super Bowl proves to a huge platform for almost anyone with a message 2016-02-07T05:00:00Z Like some modern-day version of "The Sting," scene after scene pays homage to the near satiric dimensions of the process. Once again — and unfortunately — 'Madoff' proves a lure that's difficult to resist 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z Two brothers who called themselves members of al-Qaida barged into the offices of the satiric newspaper Charlie Hebdo, and later attacked a Jewish market, gunning down 17 people in all. AP Poll: Islamic State conflict voted top news story of 2015 2015-12-22T05:00:00Z The figure, made by Funko Pop!, re-imagines the satiric news host as a vinyl figure ready to tackle the world from the edge of your desk. Here's the John Oliver Action Figure You Never Knew You Needed 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z Nominally a satiric comedy, the film is only sporadically effective, running out of energy before it reaches the end. 'Our Brand Is Crisis' pulls punches, but Sandra Bullock is in high gear 2015-10-29T04:00:00Z In their many pointed, silly, stinging and wildly diverse sketches, Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele always included themselves in the satiric gaze. Here's why the outrageously important 'Key & Peele' is comedy's jam 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z Though his competitors — the two Jimmys and a James — work in the same YouTube-friendly medium, none shares his satiric sensibility. TV Picks: 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,' 'Arthur & George,' 'Under the Dome' 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Endlessly excerptable, "The Daily Show" with its short pointed rants and quick satiric sets was built for social media. 'Daily Show With Jon Stewart' redefined TV success as a natural fit for social media 2015-08-05T04:00:00Z It also got former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin and Hillary Clinton, who announced her presidential candidacy this week, to appear alongside their satiric doppelgangers. Tribeca Film Festival opens with 'Saturday Night Live' documentary 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z He began posting satiric videos to YouTube, which gained a following. Teen libertarian is face of Brazil's young free-market right 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z In Britain the rich and powerful get more comfortable, the poor are increasingly afflicted, and the satiric volleys are fired with greater and greater frequency and have less and less effect. What's the point of satire? 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z That doesn’t mean the show’s satiric viewpoint will be lost to TV or absent from the 2016 presidential election, others said. Comedy Central has ‘short list’ for Jon Stewart replacement 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z Islamic extremists are the butt of the bone-dry joke in the new drama “Timbuktu,” with director Abderrahmane Sissako taking a satiric swipe at the armed fundamentalists who’ve overtaken the northwestern African desert outpost. Critics Picks: Critics' Picks: Feb 6 - Feb 12, 2015 - Los Angeles Times 2015-02-06T05:00:00Z The title of this column was taken from Tom Lehrer’s satiric song, “Bright College Days,” originally composed as a song for graduates to sing at reunions. The Super Bowl According To Ivy-Covered Professors In Ivy-Covered Halls 2015-01-14T05:00:00Z The hashtag #ShadesOfRevlon was a satiric spin on how popular lipstick shades could be renamed to bastardize black and Jewish cultures, especially the darker side of their histories, such as systemic oppression. Why I’m Through With Apologies From Racists 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z With its feudal class system intact - if moth-eaten and vermiculated - British society exhibits small but crucial differences in its satiric temperament. What's the point of satire? 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z The horrific summary execution of a dozen members of the editorial staff of the French satiric magazine Charlie Hebdo has drawn nearly global outrage and grief. The problem with “Je Suis Charlie”: That kind of solidarity comes with baggage 2015-01-11T05:00:00Z The best response or rebuttal would be to publish the satiric media pieces for all the world to see. msnbc community reacts to 'Charlie Hebdo' attack 2015-01-08T05:00:00Z Entertainment Weekly says it’s “bereft of satiric zing.” What Do We Know About ‘The Interview’? The Marx Brothers were satiric—they were against war and authority—but they were not particularly topical. When Bob Hope Was Funny 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z "State of Superstition," a satiric sitcom on a government-run TV station, lampoons the group. Baghdad residents persevere as Islamic State advances 2014-10-13T04:00:00Z The Onion stopped publishing its print edition in 2013, in spite of its satiric boast that print revenues were up “5,000 percent.” Digital Media Rise Pushes Print Suppliers To The Brink And Beyond 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z It's a humorous look at Glass with a dose legitimate concerns and criticism, delivered in the satiric way The Daily Show is a master of. 'The Daily Show' tries on Google Glass with hilarious results 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z So it was a great marriage of an engine of racial prejudice and also parody and satiric insanity and fun. Mel Brooks On Blazing Saddles, Madeline Kahn's Gams, And Never Saying No To The N-Word 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Steadman, 77, is still around, still refining his ferociously satiric style. REVIEW: Johnny Depp Cozies Up to Artist Ralph Steadman, For No Good Reason 2014-04-23T21:22:46Z The email obtained by the Bergen Record reads like satiric Jersey political noir. Forget 2016, Chris Christie may not even be governor much longer 2014-01-09T13:44:00Z She was called "vaguely ethnic smiling woman" by satiric talk show host Stephen Colbert and nicknamed "Glitch Girl" on Twitter or referred to with the subject #ObamacareGirl or other variants on the messaging site. Face of Obamacare site reveals herself, denounces "cyberbullying" 2013-11-13T19:32:47Z One unlikely front of that war is being fought on the stage of a satiric comedy series called “Against the Tide.” Top 5 investigative videos of the week: “I want a man like Putin” 2013-06-09T13:00:00Z Though there's certainly satiric intent here, there's also a wide-eyed appreciation for just what humble, shabby beginnings the digital revolution sprang from. Computer Chess – first look review 2013-02-12T11:17:46Z In the weeks leading up to Election Day, the political jokes continued on social media, culminating on the big day with a steady stream of cheeky humor, fake, parody Twitter handles and satiric mashups. Big Bird or Big Challenges: What Was This Election Really About? 2012-11-09T20:59:38Z Jets right tackle Wayne Hunter, with perhaps the quotation of the preseason One of the two excerpts below is from an article in the Onion, the satiric Web site. The Fifth Down: Jets' Offense Supplies the Comedy 2012-08-19T10:38:09Z Miss Austin swung about and faced him with a faint satiric smile. Mrs. Balfame A Novel 2012-04-15T02:00:04.827Z From Cambridge he wrote some Latin satiric verses1 in defence of the universities and the English Church against Andrew Melville, a Scottish Presbyterian minister. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z This picture may stand as the contribution of the Confederacy to the satiric art of the world. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Petit de Julleville sees in the play a satiric intention and a veiled incredulity that put the piece outside the category of liturgical drama. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" 2012-04-04T02:00:56.447Z In the period of national poverty and depression that followed this event, a puritanical spirit came into vogue which was little in sympathy with Holberg’s dramatic or satiric genius. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 5 "Hinduism" to "Home, Earls of" 2012-03-25T02:00:05.717Z Tetralogy, te-tral′ō-ji, n. a group of four dramas, three tragic and one satiric, exhibited together at the festivals of Dionysos at Athens: any series of four related dramatic or operatic works. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z Alas! that his name should be preserved for most people only in the familiar satiric appellation 'dunce.' The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries 2012-01-28T03:00:21.937Z It is inevitable that bad rulers should dread the satiric pencil. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z In “Elmer Gantry,” Sinclair Lewis’s satiric novel about a charlatan evangelist, the title character started his public life as a football star for a religious college. On Religion: Cultural Conflicts, Playing Out on the Football Field 2012-01-27T15:57:27Z The intensity and concentrativeness of the Roman temperament also tended to produce those one-sided types of character, which are the favourite objects of satiric portraiture. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Rather was it suggestive of melancholy thought, and it had won for him the satiric title of the "Deacon." The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z He followed carefully the last years of the war, and put into satiric verse every movement of the "insolent foe." The Poems of Philip Freneau, Volume I (of III) 2012-01-04T03:00:43.800Z Seeing caricatures from childhood has induced a habit in many persons of surveying life in the spirit of caricature, and has developed some tolerable private wielders of the satiric pencil. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Satire not only shows loving appreciation of the great satirists of the past, but is itself instinct with wit and fine satiric power. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" 2012-01-02T03:00:22.443Z The Roman character of satire is attested also by the fact that other Roman poets and authors, besides those who professed to follow in the footsteps of Lucilius, have exhibited the satiric spirit. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z But they found, nailed conspicuously to the front of a nipa shack in the principal street, a large white sheet of paper, bearing another note of satiric directions. The Code of the Mountains 2012-01-07T03:00:15.050Z Tutchin's first book shows two impulses: the awkwardly lyrical and the directly satiric. Selected Poems (1685-1700) 2011-12-27T03:00:09.253Z These are the utmost that satiric art has done in that kind. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z With the sorrowful inflexion of the voice was blended a satiric intonation which seemed to strike some of those who heard as with a thong. A Second Coming 2011-11-29T03:00:16.693Z The fatal consequences of yielding to the passion are then enforced with much poetical and satiric power. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z It also prompted several satiric reviews on Amazon of pepper-spray products. Pepper Spray?s Fallout, From Crowd Control to Mocking Images 2011-11-23T04:02:25Z Mrs. Grahame,"--he paused; one almost suspected him of a desire to give the name satiric emphasis--"has been drawing up a will at my dictation. A Duel 2011-11-20T03:00:13.840Z The martyrdom of the reformers in 1555, under Queen Mary of bloody memory, furnished subjects for the satiric pen and pencil as soon as the accession of Elizabeth made it safe to treat them. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z I never see a stye with its squealing, shouldering inhabitants, without thinking how tremendously satiric it is—a master-caricature of human greed, not over-drawn! Atlantic Classics 2011-10-16T02:00:18.497Z Festive and satiric verses, uttered in dialogue or in rude mimetic drama. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z The comedy, it may be added, is usually of a satiric kind, and occupies itself with every class and rank of men, from the king to the villain. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" 2011-10-14T02:00:26.280Z To the last the aged poet preserved his intense satiric vein. Vondel's Lucifer 2011-10-09T02:00:28.557Z The French writer is M. Jules Champfleury, author of a valuable series of volumes reviewing satiric art from ancient times to our own day, with countless illustrations. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Popular excitement found vent in a veritable deluge of cartoons, many of which originated in Amsterdam and were reprinted in London, often with the addition of explanatory satiric verses in English. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z Our knowledge of the epic, tragic, and satiric poetry of this long period is derived partly from ancient testimony, but chiefly from the examination of numerous fragments. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z The Spruchdichtung, in fact, was one of the connecting links between the Minnesang of the 13th and the lyric and satiric poetry of the 15th and 16th centuries. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z The prologue sounds the dominant motif of the play, that of satiric and energetic sex-intrigue: "At Greenwich lies the Scene, where many a Lass / Has bin Green-gown'd upon the tender Grass." The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Made into a Farce 2011-09-15T02:00:12.030Z Some of the worst excesses and perversions of satiric art are due to that very hatred. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z But unlike satiric verse, it is dependent upon ink and paper. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z His observations on life are neither of an imaginative, of a deeply reflective, nor of a purely satiric character. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z From the advent of Freidank onwards, the satiric and didactic poetry went the way of the epic; what it gained in quantity it lost in quality and concentration. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 7 "Geoponici" to "Germany" 2011-09-26T02:00:25.313Z The three kings are, I suppose, Charles I, Charles II, and James II, and the satiric jab is against those who perennially oppose the Establishment. The Life and Death of Doctor Faustus Made into a Farce 2011-09-15T02:00:12.030Z He was the great master of that deadly school of French satiric art which finds all virtuous life clumsy or ridiculous, and all abominable life graceful and pleasing. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z It is certain that the Greeks and Romans appreciated the power of ridicule latent in satiric pictures; but until the era of the printing press, the caricaturist was as one crying in a wilderness. The History of the Nineteenth Century in Caricature 2011-10-04T02:00:18.533Z From the fact that early Roman tragedy left no literary heir, it is more difficult to discern its original features and character than those of the epic or satiric poetry of the period. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z She was popular in society, notwithstanding her satiric turn. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z Craig's lips, that had been set in a hard line, parted in a satiric smile. The Long Lane's Turning 2011-08-23T02:00:34Z These were certainly vigorous specimens of satiric art, and increase both our wonder and our regret at the mental degradation of the beautiful countries of Southern Europe. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z Thus "one satiric touch" seems to demonstrate that the native ethics are not of missionary origin. Myth, Ritual And Religion, Vol. 2 (of 2) 2011-07-22T02:00:19.110Z The poems numbered from i to lx, are short lyrical or satiric pieces, written in the phalaecian, glyconic, or iambic metres, and devoted almost entirely to subjects of personal interest. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z They are both, in their way, taunting and satiric radiations from the dying bonfire of my own rash ambition. The Adventures of a Widow A Novel 2011-08-25T02:00:27.403Z Yet he failed to appreciate the true cause of this superiority, and he was inclined to comment upon the dancing of the burattini in a somewhat satiric fashion. A Book About the Theater 2011-07-21T02:00:23.843Z Above all, the pictures which that mania called forth assisted to form the great satiric artist of his time and country, William Hogarth. Caricature and Other Comic Art in all Times and many Lands. 2012-04-04T02:00:59.277Z By no power or necessity could his imagination be forced or bound to the task of producing things comic or even satiric, especially such humour and jokes as the Cincinnati newspaper reader wanted in 1874. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z There is no trace in him of the malice or the love of detraction which is seldom wholly absent from satiric writing. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Not mealy-mouthed was Mrs. Behn, And prudish was satiric Jane, But equally they both shun men, As if they bore the mark of Cain. In the Track of the Bookworm 2011-07-19T02:00:23.543Z One of the marks of the Romantic Revival is a disposition to substitute the more concrete and vivid forms of narrative and drama for the eighteenth century form of satiric or so-called didactic reflection. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z Soon they found their tongues and began to make satiric comment, but Aristophanes swore that at the moment death to him seemed life and life seemed death. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z In about a dozen of the first number, he somewhat unsuccessfully tried to be humorous or satiric, while six were frankly tragical, critical, bitter, etc. Concerning Lafcadio Hearn With a Bibliography by Laura Stedman 2011-07-20T02:00:12.413Z Yet some of these satiric pieces have an interest which amply justifies their preservation. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z Message 1 is that Mormons are not totally oblivious to the satiric potential in their famously square culture. A Mormon Spectacle, Way Off Broadway 2011-07-13T10:01:23Z Most argumentative, didactic, or satiric poems are partly of this kind; and in imaginative poems anything which is really a mere ‘conceit’ is mere decoration. Oxford Lectures on Poetry 2011-07-19T02:00:15.897Z The festivals of Dionysus greatly promoted the production of tragedies, comedies and satiric dramas. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z He saw Julia, bereft of her cavalier, pausing uncertainly; and a satiric impulse moved him to join her. Barnaby A Novel 2011-07-12T02:00:39.777Z The more genial satiric pieces, again, are chiefly interesting as throwing light on the social and literary life of Rome and the provincial towns of Italy. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z The easy tone, the satiric banter was only the other’s philosophical and courtly manner of making the best of a bad job. The Red Derelict 2011-07-05T02:00:30.143Z He was rather light in colour, and his beard and woolly head were just shot with grey; there was shrewdness in his rugged features, and a twinkle of satiric humour lurked in his eye. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z On this statue it has been customary to paste satiric papers. The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning 2011-07-16T02:00:19.397Z He wrote sonnets and satiric psalms about immigration, poverty and social inequality. City Room: Slowly, Alzheimer's Erases a Poet's Gifts and Memories 2011-06-30T16:31:58Z About one half of the shorter poems, and more than half of the epigrams, are to be classed among his personal lampoons or light satiric pieces. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z But if Chaucer is too tolerant and genial, too little of a preacher and enthusiast, for a satirist, enough has already been said to show that his wit has often a satiric turn. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z "You have been ... busy, yes?" his wife enquired with a distinctly satiric accent. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z "Oh, certainly, Miss Walsingham," returned the doctor, with satiric courtesy, and rushed from the room to order out his gig. Faithful Margaret A Novel 2011-06-10T02:00:21.627Z Since then it had been little employed in our serious poetry, but had lately been brilliantly revived for flippant and satiric uses, after later Italian models, by Hookham Frere and Byron. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z The sins which he specifies as alienating the Gods from men are those most rife in his own time, with which he has dealt in a more realistic fashion in his satiric epigrams. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z The Hous of Fame is indeed satiric in conception, and certain of the pictures it contains are decidedly effective. Chaucer and His Times 2011-06-30T02:00:26.883Z The cameraman stopped cranking and, resting an elbow on his camera, turned with a satiric grin to observe developments. Linda Lee, Incorporated A Novel 2011-06-19T02:00:18.633Z But they afforded him an ample field for the exercise of his satiric gifts, and he found occasion in his treatment of them for some passages of his most eloquent writing. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z His collaborator Brown imagined he had a gift for satiric fairy tales, but his recorded efforts in that kind are silly and dull as well as inclining to coarseness. Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame 2011-06-10T02:00:19.290Z On the original fabric of Bierce's mind the satiric strand has encroached more than the design allows. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z More formal and regular, more confessedly ambitious, literary essays of his, were poems in every kind—heroic, mock-heroic, lyric, elegiac, comic, tragic, satiric—historical and biographical monographs, and tales or novels of a peculiar class. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z She was like the Germans in general, who search after some special satiric kernel hidden in every rocket and firework serpent of humour. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z He is one of the most skilful of translators; and his parodies and satiric verse are excellent. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z The case was this: Matthieu, by his satiric exaggerations, gave to the slight dissimilarity between Victor and them an ever-increasing prominence. Hesperus or Forty-Five Dog-Post-Days Vol. II A Biography 2011-05-14T02:00:08.440Z Even in his creative work he had a satiric bent; his early training and associations, too, had been in journalistic satire. The Letters of Ambrose Bierce With a Memoir by George Sterling 2011-05-26T02:00:19.673Z Highly satiric in his quiet way, La Bruy�re knew how to be. French Classics 2011-05-22T02:00:12.620Z But when he was reviewing, he drew his satiric sting into its sheath, constructing his criticisms of material drawn only from his store of wax and his honey-bag. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z Morgan Spurlock's satiric Middle East travel documentary didn't quite capture the zeitgeist like "Super Size Me." Egypt's al-Zawahri likely to succeed bin Laden 2011-05-02T12:19:56Z Thou shalt not see the dramas which portray The evil passions and satiric moods Which mock this Christian nation and its hope. Domesday Book 2011-04-30T02:00:13.397Z Even “Onion SportsDome,” the new satiric sports newscast from The Onion, “comes from a very specific point of view,” she said. True to Mission, Comedy Central Still Strong at 20 2011-04-10T18:40:25Z In Carnival time it was the custom of the Florentines to walk the streets, masked and singing satiric ballads. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z His satiric humour often had a good deal the appearance of satiric ill-humour; but this was done with the sole view of keeping himself at all times perfectly calm and cool. Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. 2011-05-20T02:00:42.297Z This revolt has its most pointed expression in the prose writings of the poet Heine, who attacks with satiric bitterness "the new troubadours, so morbid and somnambulistic, so high-flown and aristocratic, and altogether so unnatural." Religion and Science From Galileo to Bergson 2011-04-07T02:00:16.760Z But though the Roman satire took a different direction, it had something of the same origin as the satiric drama of the Greeks. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z Alban, who never light-mindedly forgave, silently separated himself from a heart, which, as he unjustly said, quenched the flames of love with satiric gall. Titan: A Romance v. 1 (of 2) 2011-03-25T02:00:11.007Z "Why this unexpected pleasure?" he asked ceremoniously, but with a satiric inflection. The Storm Centre 2011-03-01T03:00:39.427Z For it was not only against the clergy and the monks that he kept up a ceaseless stream of satiric raillery; he treated nobles, princes and kings with equal freedom. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 7 "Equation" to "Ethics" 2011-02-27T03:00:31.973Z He then published Sketches of Travel and Society beyond the Atlantic—a satiric work in heroic verse, vigorously written, but politically evincing a miserable short-sightedness. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z Epic, dramatic, satiric, and didactic poetry, were all successively attempted by him; and we also learn that he exercised himself in lighter sorts of verse, as the epigram and acrostic218. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z These, however, are rather tournaments of talk than novels proper, releasing a flood of satiric portraiture upon the idealism of the day—difficult to be apprehended in perfection save by professed students. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z As a protest against certain marriage and divorce laws, the absurdity of which is portrayed with a satiric pen, “The Living Corpse” is a most effective document. The Awakening of Spring A Tragedy of Childhood 2011-02-13T03:00:19.567Z He employs burlesque and irony also among his assortment of satiric weapons. Studies in the Poetry of Italy, I. Roman 2011-02-06T03:00:58.870Z She is technically a loyal wife, but practically a foe—a sort of satiric keeper of the records of my life. A Pasteboard Crown A Story of the New York Stage 2011-01-26T03:00:25.590Z Nor, although Ennius was the first writer who introduced satiric composition into Rome, are his pretensions, in this respect, to originality, very distinguished. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z There is plenty of satiric anger and raillery in the spirit of the time, but the most genuine part of it is drawn off into drama. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 6 "English Language" to "Epsom Salts" 2011-02-19T03:00:59.807Z There was no note, satiric, pathetic, or patriotic, which he did not strike. Dutch and English on the Hudson A Chronicle of Colonial New York 2011-01-17T03:00:47.770Z His satiric dwelling on the word “important” was exasperating. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z A much higher rank may be claimed for him as a writer of satiric verse than of romantic narrative. Thomas Moore 2011-01-14T03:00:51.040Z The period at which Lucilius appeared was favourable to satiric composition. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z "Not stare—ho, ho!—not stare—that is a good one," replied the other, with a satiric laugh and sneer. A History of Pendennis, Volume 1 His fortunes and misfortunes, his friends and his greatest enemy 2011-01-13T03:01:13.027Z I forgot everything around me; I became pathetic, satiric--I felt that I said some good things, at least that I had never in my life spoken as well. Problematic Characters A Novel 2010-12-26T03:00:15.780Z I—” She canted her head suddenly, and looked sidewise at him with an expression half satiric, half indignant. King Spruce, A Novel 2011-01-15T03:00:34.400Z But every once in a while the show's class-conflict comedy gave a hint of the charming, satiric screwball romance it sounded like on paper--and that TV could use. 'A' for Effort: Doling Out the Cincy Awards 2010-12-21T22:30:00Z He believes that Euripides wrote a Medea, which he afterwards revised and altered, in order to obviate the satiric criticisms of Aristophanes. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z And he's turned that feeling into finely concentrated satiric rage over the Senate's failure—particularly Republican senators'—to pass a bill funding medical care for 9/11 first responders. Stewart Keeps Responding to First Responders 2010-12-17T06:15:00Z The Republican Party seemed an especially fat target for Mother Earth's satiric vengeance. Who's to Blame for the Gulf Oil Spill? 2010-07-22T14:40:00Z There’s no need to dwell on cosmic significance, however, in this satiric bauble. | Long Island: ?Romance,? a Mamet Farce, Plays in Sag Harbor 2010-08-21T06:57:00Z This is comedy perfectly suited to the Internet: short, democratic, endlessly self-referential — a running satiric commentary on the media stew we're all swimming in. Funny or Die: How the Web Is Changing Comedy 2010-07-30T16:15:00Z Martial, and Catullus himself elsewhere, have branded their enemies; and Juvenal, in bursts of satiric indignation, has reproached his countrymen with the most shocking crimes. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z The image they presented was satiric and defiant, like a pair of schoolboys driving a rich uncle's car. Cuba: a revolution in the rough 2010-05-06T20:00:00Z When Hesiod fabled the god of oaths to be the son of Discord, the poet could hardly have foreseen the grim reality that would attach to his satiric allegory. A Cursory History of Swearing The emperor’s rough and severe habits and his rigid administration prompted Antiochene lampoons, to which he replied in the curious satiric apologia, still extant, which he called Misopogon. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" “Cutlet for cutlet”—the satiric phrase ran through his mind. The Valiants of Virginia Now it certainly cannot be pretended, so far as we know, that any satiric productions of the Greeks had much resemblance to those of the Romans. History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I 2011-04-03T02:00:22.843Z He congratulated Guy upon his satiric article and assured him of his great gifts. Sinister Street, vol. 2 Four Irishmen adorned the prose of the period: Goldsmith is as eminent in the natural style as Swift in the satiric, or Steele in the polished, or Burke in the grand. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 An anticlimax can be intentionally employed only for a jocular or satiric purpose. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" I admire that speculator, grimly satiric at the expense both of himself and of his customers. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. V, October, 1850, Volume I. But although notes are useful for a complete understanding of all Bramston's satiric points, a familiarity with the world of Pope and his victims removes most of the difficulties for a modern reader. The Man of Taste After wondering an instant whether he gave the full satiric meaning, such as it was, to this remark, Fleda dismissed the possibility as inconceivable. The Spoils of Poynton The Aristocrats and Ancestors have a distinctly satiric flavor. Woman's Club Work and Programs First Aid to Club Women In addition to his poems descriptive of nature MacIntyre composed a number of Jacobite martial songs, songs of love and sentiment, and comic and satiric pieces. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Nothing, for instance, can be less suitable for historical or scientific disquisition than the octosyllabic metre of a satiric poem. A Short History of French Literature For just then an unearthly laugh—terrible in its satiric wildness of tone—rang through the forest. My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa It is a pleasantly humorous story, and the conditions of real life are distinctly reflected, while the satiric intent is not enough to distort the reflection. Women of Mediæval France Woman: in all ages and in all countries Vol. 5 (of 10) With what airy satiric touches Pope or Gay would have dashed off the character. Allan Ramsay Famous Scots Series He left behind a large number of poems which may be roughly classified as elegiac, love and satiric poems. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 5 "Cat" to "Celt" Jules Sandeau was a novelist of no very different class, but with less wit, with much less satiric intention, and with a greater infusion of sentiment, not to say tragedy. A Short History of French Literature The satiric laugh of the hyaena was succeeded now by a roar which echoed through the forest, and another and another succeeded it, which almost deafened the lad with its volume and power. My Kalulu, Prince, King and Slave A Story of Central Africa The influence in arousing an interest in and knowledge of a kind of drama which entered the arena for the purpose of social challenge and serious satiric attack was incalculable. How to See a Play The poet's story is also the earliest we have of love betrayed, and the name of Neobule is inextricably intertwined with the rise of satiric verse. Greek Women Butler made the octosyllabic couplet so entirely his own, for the purposes of his jogging satiric verse, that ever since it has frequently been called "Hudibrastic." English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History His descriptive passages are of extraordinary vigour and accuracy of touch, and his occasional strokes are worthy of almost any satiric or didactic poet. A Short History of French Literature The occasional cynicism and satiric strokes serve to heighten but not to distort the general effect. The Battle of Blenheim Mr. Sheldon's The Havoc seems also farcical in its type; nevertheless it is a serious satiric thrust at certain extreme conceptions of marital relations. How to See a Play Feminine foibles and weaknesses do not escape his satiric pen. Greek Women In the drama, as already remarked, the couplet is naturally less epigrammatic and pointed than in didactic and satiric verse. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History His satires and epistles are full of striking traits evidently studied from the life, but he is always personal and almost always artificial, never rising to the large satiric conception of Regnier or of Dryden. A Short History of French Literature The face, like a satiric mask, suddenly vanished. Command For the comedy of manners, light, easy, elegant, keen, and with satiric point in its reflection of society, nothing of the time surpasses such dramas as Lady Windermere's Fan and A Woman of No Importance. How to See a Play Toasts and sentiments of every fashion went round, and we were political, literary, arbitrary, amatory, sentimental, and satiric by turns. Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas Nature imparting her satiric gift, Her serious mirth, to Arbuthnot and Swift, With droll sobriety they raised a smile At folly's cost, themselves unmoved the while. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History The reader will find between the covers of this book Devils fascinating and fearful, Devils powerful and picturesque, Devils serious and humorous, Devils pathetic and comic, Devils phantastic and satiric, Devils gruesome and grotesque. Devil Stories An Anthology In politics, in satiric treatment, and especially in satiric treatment of politics, he is very nearly valueless. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1895) He received his education at Wadham College, Oxford; and while at the university, wrote a satiric piece called The Humours of Oxford, which created him many enemies, and hindered his preferment. Notes and Queries, Number 239, May 27, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Excluded from journalism, this satiric tendency took refuge in literature, where the novel and the story trace the incidents of daily life. Contemporary Russian Novelists Poetry lies in the invention of the right metrical form—be it epic, dramatic, lyric, or satiric—for the expression of some idea universally interesting to the imagination. English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History The force of his satiric power lay in the skilful use of sudden contrast. Weird Tales, Vol. II. After his death his name was transferred to a mutilated statue, upon which such satiric effusions continued to be fastened. Weird Tales. Vol. I Here was another, the satiric lips were ready to swear. Old Crow Charles Buller's pamphlet on Responsible Government for the Colonies formulates the charge against the permanent men in a famous satiric passage. British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 Every style seemed his—blank verse and rhyme, ode and epic, lyrical and tragical, satiric and elegiac, sacred and profane, sublime and ridiculous, he was equally good at all. History of Morgan's Cavalry It is now time to take a glance at Hoffmann's satiric power. Weird Tales, Vol. II. Again he wields the satiric pencil, and corruption trembles to its very base. English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. He could assume the style of Junius or Smollett, reproduce the satiric bitterness of Churchill, parody Macpherson’s Ossian, or write in the manner of Pope, or with the polished grace of Gray and Collins. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" In his correspondence he stands out as an old-fashioned, worldly, cultured, and unbusiness-like diplomatist, worthy perhaps of a satiric but kindly portraiture by Thackeray—a genuine citizen of Vanity Fair. British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 Medals, satiric, used as money in the Saturnalia, iii. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 3 Let it be granted that the poet has not hesitated to throw a few satiric pebbles at his countrymen. By-ways in Book-land Short Essays on Literary Subjects They resemble Juvenal, or the satiric touches in Timon of Athens.” English Caricaturists and Graphic Humourists of the Nineteenth Century. How they Illustrated and Interpreted their Times. His sly, satiric smile was twisting his thin lips, and a sardonic humour glittered in the pale eyes that shifted from Eleanor’s face to Mrs. Clover’s, and back again. The Bandbox The mayor looked coolly down into those upturned faces, he listened a moment to the rumble of a thousand throats, then he took off his derby with satiric politeness. Seven Keys to Baldpate Grumper's speech is strong; Flanders and screeds of old satiric song Blend in his vigorous diction. Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, January 25th, 1890 But Cleveland has left us two remarkable effusions of his satiric and vindictive powers, in his curious character of “A Diurnal Maker,” and “A London Diurnal.” Calamities and Quarrels of Authors Finally, Macklin’s best work as a playwright was satiric enough and topical enough to be short-lived in popularity even in his own day. The Covent Garden Theatre, or Pasquin Turn'd Drawcansir But what admirable vignettes they are, and how constantly bitten in with satiric spirit, all lovers of Borrow know. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 The poem in which Swift imagines what will take place upon his death, is full of satiric humour, combined with that vein of bitterness that is never long absent from his writings. The Age of Pope (1700-1744) The French Comic Bible prints under each illustration a few crisp lines of satiric narrative. Comic Bible Sketches Reprinted from "The Freethinker" It closed by producing the severest, but the most masterly portrait of one man of genius, composed by another, which has ever been hung on the satiric Parnassus for the contemplation of ages. Calamities and Quarrels of Authors But his hardship was fond of wielding the satiric lash, and that spirit leads to exaggeration. Flowers of Freethought (Second Series) On the other, he had the gift of right satiric verse to a degree which only three others of the great dead men of this century in England—Canning, Praed, and Thackeray—have reached. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 Swift died on October 19th, 1745, leaving his money to a hospital for lunatics, 'And showed by one satiric touch No nation needed it so much.' The Age of Pope (1700-1744) "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is no less sincere than "Hamlet," "The Mikado" as faithful to its mood of satiric frolicking as Ibsen's "Ghosts" to its mood of moral horror. Another Sheaf His father was a man of strong political tendencies, possessed of humorous and satiric power, that might have qualified him for a comic actor. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Volume 1, No. 3, August, 1850. It is quite melancholy enough that our most sanguine expectations with regard to the Affghan war should be unable to rise higher by a hair’s-breadth than the satiric conception of the poet. Leading Articles on Various Subjects It is almost impossible to open them anywhere without coming upon personal sketches, more or less elaborate, in which the satiric touch is rarely wanting. Essays in English Literature, 1780-1860 He hurried on lest she should call satiric attention to its thinness. The Prisoner Boileau's Discourse is a particularly apposite reply to the latter, which had contrasted Pope's satiric practice with that of Horace, Juvenal, and Boileau. An Essay on Satire, Particularly on the Dunciad It is true they are mundane and their wit has often a satiric, "knowing" air; but the pleasantry is never mocking or malevolent; and the exuberance of spirit is contagious. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History The involved and obscure style of much of his work is the style which his taste leads him to assume for satiric purposes. Helps to Latin Translation at Sight She wrote to her brother and put in some rhymes, a fashion quite affected then, for many of the young ladies wrote sentimental and would-be satiric verses. A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia The hideous old woman with the ostrich feathers had played a satiric joke on her, and here was Lydia in good faith assuming the joke was real. The Prisoner The satiric poem was neither tragedy nor comedy, but something between both, participating of the character of each. The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) Meanwhile he read widely, and wrote of his reading at great length, and with considerable power of satiric characterization, to some of his college friends. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History Dinky-Dunk wandered in and inspected that performance with a slightly satiric eye. The Prairie Child I am a few years her junior,” he said in a half satiric tone. A Modern Cinderella She could hear the little satiric chuckle Madame Beattie would have ready for her. The Prisoner All this we trace in her journal, with satiric comments, now and then, of the Editor; but it is all so familiar that we will not dwell on it, pretty as it is. A Christmas Accident and Other Stories The satiric recommendations were indeed in the highest degree alarming. Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 7 A Series of Pen and Pencil Sketches of the Lives of More Than 200 of the Most Prominent Personages in History With a slight recoil, a glance of soft detestation veiled and yet visible, Warwick answered like a satiric echo— "Only a month betrothed, and yet so fond and jealous, Ottila!" Moods Bliss Carman, who with genius absolute, My poor satiric Logic can confute; The only Poet who, in modern Days, His Poems can to clinking Gold transmute! The Rubaiyat of Omar Cayenne Not only do these plays show Carey’s satiric bent, but so also do a considerable number of his poems. A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling (1726) [and] Pudding and Dumpling Burnt to Pot. Or a Compleat Key to the Dissertation on Dumpling (1727) Perhaps the most harsh and reprehensible outburst of satiric humor recorded of him is the crushing speech by which he ruined a young man for life. A Book About Lawyers Hence the whole movement of anti-Methodist satire in the sixties and seventies has an untypically violent tone which cannot be explained solely in terms of satiric trends or religious attitudes. The Methodist A Poem We must consider rather Mr. Belloc's fine, contented industry in his satiric task, the persistence with which he builds up his instrument of destruction. Hilaire Belloc The Man and His Work The contrast of this so-called satire, and the really satiric touches of Marston's own plays, when he was not cramped by the affectations of the style, is very curious. A History of Elizabethan Literature All of these enjoyed Dumpling, and their tastes are ostensibly approved while at the same time being heavily undercut with satiric indirection. A Learned Dissertation on Dumpling (1726) [and] Pudding and Dumpling Burnt to Pot. Or a Compleat Key to the Dissertation on Dumpling (1727) The characteristic of the early Flemish writers, apart from the satiric poetry of Willem, is the seriousnessPg 101 of their thought and purpose. Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day There is the same mordant frankness and satiric rage combined with the same desire to share the miseries of the critic's people in spite of their faults. Jeremiah : Being The Baird Lecture for 1922 It is really in a sense like something uncooked; or something which the satiric would call half-baked. What I Saw in America When the statue was taken down in 1738, the following satiric lines were circulated and sung in the streets:— Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter I cannot think that you or it will be benefited by converting conversational gossip about Shakspeare difficulties into "a duel in the form of a debate," seasoned with sarcasm, insinuation, and satiric point. Notes and Queries, Number 203, September 17, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. They distributed satiric pamphlets, secretly printed, in which the Church and the court were grossly caricatured, and their loathing for the worship of the Virgin and the Saints degenerated into blasphemy and sacrilege. Belgium From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day Or maybe the reason lies in the fact that men have written most of the comic or satiric ghost stories, and have chivalrously spared the gentler shades. Humorous Ghost Stories An equipment like this suggests the satiric lines of Hudibras: Besides, 'tis known he could speak Greek As naturally as pigs squeak. Stories of Authors, British and American Much of it is not in any sense "satiric," and it seems to have derived what popularity it had almost wholly from the "key" interest. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 At heart a lyric idealist, the bloody years intensified and twisted his tenderness till what was stubborn and satiric in him forced its way to the top. Modern British Poetry There is but one branch of poetry in which we find a certain originality, the didactic and satiric. Chips From A German Workshop. Vol. III. Essays on Literature, Biography, and Antiquities In a word, nothing escaped his satiric humor. Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 3 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History The character of Selmann is a compound of Yorick and the elder Shandy, with a tinge of satiric exaggeration, meant to chastise the thirst for “originals” and overwrought sentimentalism. Laurence Sterne in Germany A Contribution to the Study of the Literary Relations of England and Germany in the Eighteenth Century The power and attraction of the book lie simply in the crispness of the style, the ease and flow of the narrative, and the unfailing satiric knowledge of human nature which animates the whole. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 Alexander, with stinging and satiric terms, left in a huff, followed by acrimonious epithets from his late brethren. Hugh, Bishop of Lincoln A Short Story of One of the Makers of Mediaeval England The Serjeant’s dealing with the warming pan topic is a truly admirable satiric touch, and not one bit far-fetched or exaggerated. Bardell v. Pickwick Hence comes the lowering of prices to the consumer in protected articles, a fact which is the cause of much satiric laughter to the free trader because he can neither deny nor explain it. The Arena Volume 4, No. 24, November, 1891 The richness of his satiric perception was too great to permit of speech. The House with the Green Shutters It also shows us in Hamilton a somewhat darker but also a stronger side of satiric powers, differently nuanced from the quiet persiflage of the Contes themselves. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 Molière is not only the most celebrated of French actor-managers; he is the greatest of all character-comedy writers, the teacher of all future generations, and the satiric scourge of his own. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11 What Mr. Du Maurier has attempted to do is to give, in a thousand interrelated drawings, a general satiric picture of the social life of his time and country. Picture and Text 1893 His fame has since declined, although his fiery, impetuous nature, expressing itself in rapid verse of great rhetorical and satiric power, still reaches kindred spirits. Children's Literature A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes But this man's large beautifully cut mouth was more firmly set, had a faintly satiric expression, and the eyes a powerful and penetrating gaze. Black Oxen It is, on the other hand, a most important thing to admit the undoubted presence—now and then, and not unfrequently—of a deliberate dropping of the satiric and burlesque mask. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 It is in dealing with ponderous and awful blunders like this that the satiric power of the writer finds its favorite field of action. The New England Magazine Volume 1, No. 6, June, 1886, Bay State Monthly Volume 4, No. 6, June, 1886 Sometimes they are not satiric: satire is not pure charm, and the artist has allowed himself to "go in" for pure charm. Picture and Text 1893 In the Symposium, people of the most various ranks and views of life speak about love,—the ordinary man, the politician, the scientific man, the satiric poet Aristophanes, and the tragic poet Agathon. Christianity As Mystical Fact And The Mysteries of Antiquity Her long green eyes met his keen satiric ones with melting languor. Black Oxen He must have a satiric purpose, and he must be allowed a very free choice of subject and seasoning. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 Hawthorne's humor was less genial than Irving's, and had a sharp satiric edge. Four Americans Roosevelt, Hawthorne, Emerson, Whitman We know the satiric image as periodical, and above all as punctual—the characteristics of the printed sheet with which custom has at last inveterately associated it. Picture and Text 1893 Most argumentative, didactic, or satiric poems are partly of this kind; and in imaginative poems anything which is really a mere 'conceit' is mere decoration. Poetry for Poetry's Sake An Inaugural Lecture Delivered on June 5, 1901 I think it the most artistic attitude for a writer of gay, satiric comedies, and that its very excess should prevent its being taken for more than a convention. The Comedies of William Congreve Volume 1 [of 2] The mere story of the Rose, apart from the dreamy or satiric digressions and developments of its two parts and the elaborate descriptions of the first, can be told in a page or two. A History of the French Novel, Vol. 1 From the Beginning to 1800 The ethos of the satiric persona was something they could not understand. Two Poems Against Pope One Epistle to Mr. A. Pope and the Blatant Beast It is open to doubt whether a pure democracy is very liable to make this particular satiric return upon itself; for which it would seem tha' certain social complications are indispensable. Picture and Text 1893 One of his "Hundred Voices" has something of this satiric note. Life Immovable First Part Either, therefore, our appreciation of satiric comedy is defective, or Congreve made a mistake. The Comedies of William Congreve Volume 1 [of 2] The Baron had given to Herr Haase his usual welcome of a half smile, satiric and not unkindly. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories His narration was like this: either simple, bare, stoical, with a touch of nobility; or else satiric, malicious, with a strange, rather repellent jeering. The Lost Girl We hasten to add that its satiric force varies immensely in kind and in degree according to the race, or to the individual talent, that takes advantage of it. Picture and Text 1893 Of satiric wit he possessed a very peculiar species. Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin Now, satiric comedy did not in its initiation depend upon the average Englishman. The Comedies of William Congreve Volume 1 [of 2] He pulled open one wing of the door and stood aside to let her pass in, gazing at her with demure eyes, in whose veiled suggestion there was something satiric. Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories The satiric smile upon his lip attested it. The War Trail The Hunt of the Wild Horse Highly satiric in his quiet way, La Bruyère knew how to be. Classic French Course in English The satiric laugh with which he stammered out the last word more keenly pointed this sly, yet broad rebuke to the vanity and arrogance of her speech. Evolution, Old & New Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, as compared with that of Charles Darwin To complain that ‘love’ and common morality have no place in satiric comedy is either to contemplate ridicule of them or to ask comedy to be other than satiric. The Comedies of William Congreve Volume 1 [of 2] The presence of the satiric and unsympathetic old engineer nerved him to settle the dispute, if he might. The Rainy Day Railroad War Where the reality was ever somber, creation of the unreal found popular and acceptable form in satiric verse. Four Years in Rebel Capitals An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy from Birth to Death He would have thought himself quite equal to analysing the psychology of Abelard or giving a bright, satiric sketch of St. Augustine. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens Comedies from 1616 to 1642 reveal two chief influences; they are realistic and satiric, following Jonson, or they are light-hearted, lively combinations of manners and intrigue, after Fletcher. The Facts About Shakespeare Perhaps a satiric observer of manners might have thought her more like a lady's-maid than a lady. Schwartz: A History From "Schwartz" by David Christie Murray Let not the reader think that I would be pleasantly satiric when I say that not till then did I fully awake to the fruitful meaning of the expression, "American independence." Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, September, 1878 This statement is not to be accepted as a satiric fable, but as a literal fact. Recollections With Photogravure Portrait of the Author and a number of Original Letters, of which one by George Meredith and another by Robert Louis Stevenson are reproduced in facsimile This pugnacious atmosphere of parry and riposte must first of all be allowed for and understood in all the satiric excursus of Martin in America. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens Comedy tended to become more realistic and satiric. The Facts About Shakespeare He rather shot this at me, and for a moment there was a satiric gleam in his eye. We Three Dryden's satiric, and Milton's epic strains engrossed attention, and shaped the verses of an age. Milton This Magisterial Ode, as Langbaine calls it, was answered by Owen Feltham, author of the admirable "Resolves," who has written with great satiric acerbity the retort courteous. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 The passages about Mrs. Jellyby and her philanthropic schemes show Dickens at his best in his old and more familiar satiric manner. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens In the second the satiric tendency of the Fabliaux and Renart is carried still further, with an admixture of not often apposite learning to a much greater extent. The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory (Periods of European Literature, vol. II) Table-turning may have changed its name; the others have not even adopted the well-known expedient of the alias, but appear just as they were thirty years ago in the social and satiric dictionaries of to-day. Gryll Grange He used to quote this as one of the best illustrations of Porson’s wit, and one of the finest examples of the retort satiric to be found in any language. The Bibliotaph and Other People I have collected the following three satiric odes, written when the reception of his "New Inn, or The Light Heart," warmly exasperated the irritable disposition of our poet. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 Doubtless the early satiric chapter in Our Mutual Friend is of a more strategic and ingenious kind of satire than can be found in these early and explosive parodies. Appreciations and Criticisms of the Works of Charles Dickens A satiric poet underwent a severe drubbing, and was observed to walk ever afterwards with a stick. The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings The bulk of the satiric comment of the book is devoted either to purely social matters, or to the debateable land between these and politics proper. Gryll Grange In his satiric poem The Rights of Kings, he expostulates ironically with certain academicians who ventured to oppose the nominee of the Court:— 'How, sirs, on majesty's proud corns to tread! Art in England Notes and Studies Salmasius considers it as one from which he may draw caustic ridicule and satiric severity. Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 In another satiric poem he describes an elderly woman as so much frightened that when she ran away her teeth fell out, while her friends lost their false hair. Old-Time Makers of Medicine The Story of The Students And Teachers of the Sciences Related to Medicine During the Middle Ages And Madame Carré spun the sound to the finest satiric thread. The Tragic Muse His own poetry, when it was not fugitive or satiric, was mainly philosophical, that is to say, it did not stray beyond the confines of logic and wit. Three French Moralists and The Gallantry of France The indignant Swede raised his battered head to glare into the eyes of his satiric physician. Where the Sun Swings North The futilities of the problems upon which the scholastic thinkers exercised themselves gave occasion for the satiric onslaught both of Rabelais and Erasmus. Jerome Cardan A Biographical Study Some passages in an almost forgotten political satire show that he possessed a vein which, if he had cultivated it, might have placed him high in the roll of satiric poets. Autobiography of Seventy Years, Vol. 1-2 They fell into discussion, into confidence, into inquiry, sympathetic or satiric, and into explanations which needed in turn to be explained. The Tragic Muse The paralysing impudence of such remarks left everyone quite breathless; and even to this day this particular part of Shaw's satiric war has been far less followed up than it deserves. George Bernard Shaw |
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