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Land of the Dead, a satire of post-9/11 America state and of the Bush administration; The Wicker Man, a satire on cults and religion; The Great Dictator, a satire on Adolf Hitler; Monty Python's Life of Brian, a satire on miscommunication, religion and Christianity; The Player, a satire of Hollywood, directed by Robert Altman
The Magic Christian (novel) Main Street (novel) A Man in Full; The Man Who Knew Coolidge; Masters of Atlantis; Memoirs and Misinformation; Messiah (Vidal novel) Mission to America; Mr. Frank, the Underground Mail-Agent; Modern Chivalry; Moo (novel) Mumbo Jumbo (novel) My Best Friend's Exorcism; My Holocaust
Political satire novels (7 P). Gulliver's Travels (2 C, 17 P) Satyricon (1 C, 5 P) A. American satirical novels (154 P) Australian satirical novels (9 P)
In satire, vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, ideally with the intent of shaming individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement. Although satire is usually meant to be humorous, its greater purpose is often constructive social criticism, using wit to draw attention to both particular and ...
The list was criticized as biased towards English-language books, particularly those published by American authors. [3] Nigerian academic Ainehi Edoro criticized the lack of literature by African authors and the predominance of American literature on the list and called the list "an act of cultural erasure". [ 4 ]
William Makepeace Thackeray (18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was an English novelist and illustrator. He is known for his satirical works, particularly his 1847–1848 novel Vanity Fair, a panoramic portrait of British society, and the 1844 novel The Luck of Barry Lyndon, which was adapted for a 1975 film by Stanley Kubrick.
When the folks at Atlantic magazine recently named the "great American novels" of the last century, they said they expected disagreement on their 136 picks. So, here goes. Obviously, these lists ...
Satire is a genre of the visual, literary, and performing arts, usually in the form of fiction and less frequently non-fiction, in which vices, follies, abuses, and shortcomings are held up to ridicule, often with the intent of exposing or shaming the perceived flaws of individuals, corporations, government, or society itself into improvement. [1]