Satire: Spirit and Art
- ISBN-10
- 081301087X
- ISBN-13
- 9780813010878
- Series
- Satire
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 300
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1991
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Author
- George Austin Test
Description
Tracking his subject wherever it leads, Test finally locates satire living like a stranger in the basement. Even then it won't be trapped. Defining satire is like trying to put a shadow in a sack, he observes. What he brings upstairs - the fiercest form - is an encylopedic, historical analysis of satire.
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