God Mocks : A History of Religious Satire from the Hebrew Prophets to Stephen Colbert PDF
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This content downloaded from 165.190.89.176 on Sun, 07 Feb 2016 10:15:28 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions God Mocks This content downloaded from 165.190.89.176 on Sun, 07 Feb 2016 10:15:28 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions This page intentionally left blank This content downloaded from 165.190.89.176 on Sun, 07 Feb 2016 10:15:28 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions God Mocks A History of Religious Satire from the Hebrew Prophets to Stephen Colbert Terry Lindvall NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York and London This content downloaded from 165.190.89.176 on Sun, 07 Feb 2016 10:15:28 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS New York and London www.nyupress.org © 2015 by New York University All rights reserved References to Internet websites (URLs) were accurate at the time of writing. Neither the author nor New York University Press is responsible for URLs that may have expired or changed since the manuscript was prepared. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Lindvall, Terry. God mocks : a history of religious satire from the Hebrew Prophets to Stephen Colbert / Terry Lindvall. pages cm Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4798-8673-9 (cl : alk. paper) 1. Satire—History and criticism. 2. Religious satire—History and criticism. 3. Arts and religion. I. Title. PN6149.S2L54 2015 809.7’9382—dc23 2015019581 New York University Press books are printed on acid- free paper, and their binding materials are chosen for strength and durability. We strive to use environmentally responsible suppli- ers and materials to the greatest extent possible in publishing our books. Manufactured in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Also available as an ebook This content downloaded from 165.190.89.176 on Sun, 07 Feb 2016 10:15:28 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions To my blessed wife, Karen, who holds up the mirror of folly for me This content downloaded from 165.190.89.176 on Sun, 07 Feb 2016 10:15:28 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions This page intentionally left blank This content downloaded from 165.190.89.176 on Sun, 07 Feb 2016 10:15:28 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions Mock on, mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau: Mock on, mock on: ’tis all in vain! You throw the sand against the wind, And the wind blows it back again. —W illiam Blake This content downloaded from 165.190.89.176 on Sun, 07 Feb 2016 10:15:28 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions This page intentionally left blank This content downloaded from 165.190.89.176 on Sun, 07 Feb 2016 10:15:28 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions Contents Acknowledgments xi Introduction 1 1. Circumcised Satirists 13 2. Caesar Salad Satirists 20 3. Satire Made Flesh 28 4. Medieval Jesters and Roosters 44 5. Reformers and Fools 79 6. Augustan Poets and Pundits 109 7. Continental Wits, Rakes, and Ironists 149 8. American Naifs and Agnostics 184 9. British Catholics and Curmudgeons 217 10. Entertainers and Onions 255 Conclusion: A Fool’s Apology and Palinode 267 Notes 285 Bibliography 335 Index 341 About the Author 347 ix This content downloaded from 165.190.89.176 on Sun, 07 Feb 2016 10:09:26 UTC All use subject to JSTOR Terms and Conditions
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