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Bermel, Albert – 1990
In a celebration of the expansiveness and inclusiveness of farce, this book describes the art form rather than defines it. Part 1 illustrates the nature of farce and its relationship to tragedy, comedy, and melodrama. Part 2 is a cumulative biography of farce, beginning with Greek and Roman writers and continuing through Shakespeare, Moliere, and…
Descriptors: Art Expression, Biographies, Comedy, Dramatics
Buzash, Michael D. – 1987
Born in 1900, Jacques Prevert was destined to become one of the most popular poets of the twentieth century. After spending his young adulthood with artists linked with the surrealist movement, Prevert became a satirist, social critic, songwriter, writer of children's stories and television programs, and poet. Prevert's interests in the visual…
Descriptors: Childrens Literature, Foreign Countries, French Literature, Literary History
Peer reviewedBrowne, Stephen H. – Rhetoric Society Quarterly, 1992
Examines the 18th-century rhetorical convention of misogynist satire and how it shaped attitudes toward women speakers. Focuses not so much on the formal properties of the satire but on its convention and content as modes of insinuation. Surveys prominent journals, newspapers, magazines, and reviews of the period. (TB)
Descriptors: Communication Research, Content Analysis, Eighteenth Century Literature, Females
