Burlesque

by John D Jump and John D. Jump

First published in 1972, this book provides a helpful introduction to burlesque literature, a term used by critics from the seventh-century onwards to describe work in which an incongruity between serious subject-matter and style is used to provoke laughter. It examines the four main types of burlesque writing: Travesty, Hudibrastic, Parody and the Mock-Poem, as well as dramatic burlesques.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 113828324X
• ISBN13: 9781138283244
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 92 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.1" x 7.8"