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  2. Ben Jonson - Wikipedia

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    Before the English Civil War, the "Tribe of Ben" touted his importance, and during the Restoration Jonson's satirical comedies and his theory and practice of "humour characters" (which are often misunderstood; see William Congreve's letters for clarification) was extremely influential, providing the blueprint for many Restoration comedies.

  3. List of satirists and satires - Wikipedia

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    Blazing Saddles, a 1974 comedy movie directed by Mel Brooks, satirizing racism; Casino Royale, a 1967 surrealistic satire on the James Bond series and the entire spy genre. Get Out; This Is Spinal Tap, a satire on heavy metal culture and "rockumentaries" The Very Same Munchhausen, a 1979 satire of the late Soviet society; Clueless

  4. Comedy of humours - Wikipedia

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    The satiric purpose of the comedy of humours and its realistic method led to more serious character studies with Jonson’s 1610 play The Alchemist. The name derives from the then-prevalent concept of bodily humours that controlled emotional disposition, but were also associated with psychological characteristics; [ 2 ] the result was a system ...

  5. Neoclassicism - Wikipedia

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    Neoclassicism is a revival of the many styles and spirit of classic antiquity inspired directly from the classical period, [7] which coincided and reflected the developments in philosophy and other areas of the Age of Enlightenment, and was initially a reaction against the excesses of the preceding Rococo style. [8]

  6. List of humorists - Wikipedia

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    A humorist (American English) or humourist (British English) is an intellectual who uses humor in writing or public speaking. [1] Humorists are distinct from comedians, who are show business entertainers whose business is to make an audience laugh, though it is possible for some persons to occupy both roles in the course of their careers.

  7. City comedy - Wikipedia

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    City comedies depict London as a hotbed of vice and folly; in particular, Jonson's Epicoene, Middleton's A Trick to Catch the Old One and A Chaste Maid in Cheapside, and Marston's The Dutch Courtesan. Verna Foster has argued that John Ford's 'Tis Pity She's a Whore (c. 1629–1633) re-works many of the features of city comedy within a tragic ...

  8. Aristophanes - Wikipedia

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    Satiric Dances for a Comedy by Aristophanes is a three-movement piece for concert band composed by Norman Dello Joio. It was commissioned in commemoration of the Bicentennial of 19 April 1775 (the start of the American Revolutionary War) by the Concord (Massachusetts) Band.

  9. Styles and themes of Jane Austen - Wikipedia

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    [44] Austen novels have often been characterized as "country house novels" or as "comedies of manners". Comedies of manners are concerned "with the relations and intrigues of gentlemen and ladies living in a polished and sophisticated society" and the comedy is the result of "violations of social conventions and decorum, and relies for its ...