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The genius of parody: imitation and originality in seventeenth- and eighteenth-century English literature

Book information

Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Year
2007
ISBN
0230008569, 9780230008564
Google Books ID
PiR0QgAACAAJ
Open Library ID
OL10194044M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1179537 bytes)
Edition
First Edition
Pages
292\292
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-08-31 04:54:40

Description

The stigmatisation of parody as "the worst enemy" of creativity has been pervasive in our literary culture. Although recent theoretical approaches have compelled critics to rethink many received notions regarding the significance of contemporary parodic activity, the perception remains that parody existed only on the disreputable margins of earlier literary cultures. This study places parody firmly (if paradoxically) where it belongs: at the centre of the literary-creative process in much of the literature of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

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