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The Genius of Parody

Imitation and Originality in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century English Literature
By:R. Mack
Publisher:Springer Nature
Print ISBN:9781349284153
eText ISBN:9780230286511
Edition:0
Copyright:2007
Format:Page Fidelity

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Recent theoretical approaches have compelled critics to rethink many received notions regarding the significance of contemporary parodic activity. This study places parody firmly (if paradoxically) where it belongs: at the centre of the literary-creative process in the literature of the Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries.