The springs of liberty : the satiric tradition and freedom of speech / Stewart Justman.

Author
Justman, Stewart [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Evanston, Ill. : Northwestern University Press, 1999.
Description
154 pages ; 24 cm.

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    Rethinking theory [More in this series]
    Summary note
    "The Springs of Liberty takes up questions of literary history and theory and explores sources of power harnessed by modern political doctrines and the journalism that conveys them to the public. These forces of opinion are traced to a tradition deeper and older than either: satire. In that tradition - its power, diversity, and license - the author locates the spirit of free speech." "Justman considers satire not as a genre but as a potential available to different genres. He contrasts a line of English literature critical of journalism - writers such as Addison, Austen, and Trollope - with another less mannerly, represented by writers who exploded the stock formulas of which so much journalism is made, a line running from Swift through Dickens to Joyce and Orwell. Discussed too is the exploitation of the power of satire in political doctrine."--BOOK JACKET.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Chaucer and the rehearsal of voices
    • Addison : satire and civility
    • Swift : the priority of satire
    • Interlude : satire and modern political argument
    • The Addisonian line : Jane Austen
    • Dickens and satiric excess : Little Dorrit
    • Trollope and the moderation of satire
    • Ulysses : the art of surfeit
    • Orwell : the return to origins.
    Other title(s)
    Liberty
    ISBN
    • 081011710X ((alk. paper))
    • 9780810117105 ((alk. paper))
    • 0810116014
    • 9780810116016
    LCCN
    99041486
    OCLC
    41991423
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