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  • 31Samuel Foote — (January, 1720 ndash; October 21, 1777) was an English dramatist, actor and theatre manager from Cornwall.Early lifeBorn into a well to do family, [Hartnoll, p.290.] Foote was baptized in Truro, Cornwall on January 27, 1720. [Britannica.] His… …

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  • 32Blackface — For other uses, see Blackface (disambiguation). This reproduction of a 1900 William H. West minstrel show poster, originally published by the Strobridge Litho Co., shows the transformation from white to black . Blackface is a form of theatrical… …

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  • 33Henry Carey (writer) — Henry Carey (c. August 26, 1687 ndash; October 5, 1743), was an English poet, dramatist and song writer. He is remembered as an anti Walpolean satirist and also as a patriot. Several of his melodies continue to be sung today, and he was widely… …

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  • 34satire — /sat uyeur/, n. 1. the use of irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like, in exposing, denouncing, or deriding vice, folly, etc. 2. a literary composition, in verse or prose, in which human folly and vice are held up to scorn, derision, or ridicule. 3 …

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  • 35French literature — Introduction       the body of written works in the French language produced within the geographic and political boundaries of France. The French language was one of the five major Romance languages to develop from Vulgar Latin as a result of the …

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  • 36lampoon — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. satire, spoof (see detraction). II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. satire, parody, squib; see parody . See Synonym Study at parody . v. Syn. satirize, caricature, parody; see ridicule . III (Roget s 3… …

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  • 37Novel — For other uses, see Novel (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Novell. New novels in a Oldenburg bookshop, February 2009 …

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  • 38Satire — This article is about the genre. For the mythological creature, see satyr. Satires redirects here. For other uses, see Satires (disambiguation). 1867 edition of Punch, a ground breaking British magazine of popular humour, including a great deal… …

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  • 39The New Yorker — For other uses, see New Yorker (disambiguation). The New Yorker First issue s cover with dandy Eustace Tilley, created by Rea Irvin. The image, or a variation of it, appears on the cover of The New Yorker with every anniversary issue. Editor… …

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  • 40Gulliver's Travels — (1726, amended 1735), officially Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of several Ships , is a novel by Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a… …

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