Table of Contents

Introduction; Part I. Defining Parody from the Ancients Onwards: 1. Ways of defining parody; 2. Distinguishing parody from related forms; Part II. Modern Parody: 3. Modern and late-modern theories and uses of parody; Part III. Post-Modern Parody: 4. Contemporary late-modern and post-modern theories and uses of parody; Part IV. Conclusions: 5. General conclusion; 6. From the ancient to the modern and the post-modern: a summary; Bibliography; Index.

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The definitive work on parody (both literary and artistic), of key interest to theorists.

Reviews

'A very important book. Margaret Rose's work reaches into many of the central issues for the discussion of modern literature and art. This is one of those books which moves beyond the sometimes narrow theoretical debates of the 70s and 80s to become a general text.' Malcolm Bradbury