Satire in Narrative: Petronius, Swift, Gibbon, Melville, & Pynchon

Author/Contributor(s):	Palmeri, Frank
Publisher:	University of Texas Press
Date:	02/01/2012
Binding:	Paperback
Condition:	NEW

This study asserts that narrative satire performs a different function from poetic satire, in that it parodies both the established view of the world and that of its opponents, offering its own distinctive critical perspective.