Satire: A Critical Anthology.

Author / Editor
Russell, John, and Ashley Brown, eds.

Title
Satire: A Critical Anthology.

Published
New York: World Publishing, 1967.

Physical Description
xxxiv, 420 pp.

Description
Anthologizes samples of satire from classical to modern literature, arranged by genre (Prose and Drama, Verse, Epigrams), including modernizations (by Nevill Coghill) of FrPT and SumP under Verse. The Foreward (pp. xv-xxxiv) describes the "ingredients," development, and "moods" of satire, and the Introduction to Verse (pp. 271-79) clarifies Chaucer's place in the tradition.

Contributor
Brown, Ashley, ed.
Coghill, Nevill, trans.

Chaucer Subjects
Friar and His Tale
Summoner and His Tale
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