Here are posts labelled "Satire" on The Guide
Just the Facts:
- Name: Douglas Adams
- Birth: March 11, 1952, Cambridge, England, UK
- Death: May 11, 2001, Santa Barbara, California, USA
- Language: English
- Who he was: English author, essayist, satirist, and playwright; The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series; Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency; The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
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- Name: William S. Burroughs
- Birth: February 5, 1914, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Death: August 2, 1997, Lawrence, Kansas, USA
- Language: English
- Who he was: American novelist, short story writer, satirist, essayist; Naked Lunch; Junkie
- Included in lists (What's This?): GC
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Just the Facts:
- Name: Ambrose Bierce
- Birth: June 24, 1842, Meigs County, Ohio, USA
- Death: Unknown Date, 1914?, Chihuahua, Mexico
- Language: English
- Who he was: American journalist, short story writer, and satirist; "Chickamauga"; "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"; "The Death of Halpin Frayser"; "The Moonlit Road"; In the Midst of Life; The Devil's Dictionary
- Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom; GC
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Just the Facts:
- Name: Samuel Butler
- Birth: December 4, 1835, Langar, Nottinghamshire, England, UK
- Death: June 18, 1902, London, England, UK
- Language: English
- Who he was: English author; Erewhon; The Way of All Flesh
- Included in lists (What's This?): GGB (+PGR 2); Bloom
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Just the Facts:
- Name: Alexander Pope
- Birth: May 21, 1688, London, England, UK
- Death: May 30, 1744, Twickenham, England, UK
- Language: English
- Who he was: English poet and man of letters; An Essay on Criticism; The Rape of the Lock; The Dunciad; An Essay on Man
- Included in lists (What's This?): HC; Bloom
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Just the Facts:
- Name: François-Marie Arouet
- Known as: Voltaire
- Birth: November 21, 1694, Paris, France
- Death: May 30, 1778, Paris, France
- Language: French
- Who he was: French philosopher and satirist; Candide; Lettres Philosophiques (Letters Concerning the English Nation); Micromégas; Zadig; Songe de Platon (Plato's Dream)
- Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (+10YP); GGB (+PGR 2, 3); LRP; HC; Bloom; GC
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Just the Facts:
- Name: John Skelton
- Also known as: John Shelton
- Birth: Unknown Date, 1460, Norfolk, UK
- Death: June 21, 1529, London, UK
- Language: English
- Who he was: English poet; numerous short works, often satirical
- Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom
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Just the Facts:
- Name: Jonathan Swift
- Birth: November 30, 1667, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- Death: October 19, 1745, Dublin, Republic of Ireland
- Language: English
- Who he was: Anglo-Irish satirist, poet, and cleric known for Gulliver's Travels; A Tale of a Tub; A Modest Proposal
- Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (+10YP); GGB (+PGR 2); HC; LRP; Bloom; GC
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Just the Facts:
- Name: Ireneaus
- Birth: 130, Smyrna, Turkey
- Death: 202, Lugdunum (modern-day Lyons, France)
- Language: Greek
- Who he was: Greek Bishop and Church Father in Roman Gaul; wrote Against Heresies
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- Name: Lucian (of Samosata)
- Birth: 125, Samosata, Turkey
- Death: (after) 180, Athens, Greece
- Language: Greek
- Who he was: Assyrian-born Greek rhetorician and satirist who wrote comic dialogues, rhetorical essays and prose fiction, including A True Story
- Included in lists (What's This?): GGB (+PGR 2); Bloom
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Just the Facts:
- Name: Lucius Apuleius Madaurensis
- Known as: Apuleius
- Birth: c. 125, M'Daourouch, Algeria
- Death: c. 180, Carthage
- Language: Latin
- Who he was: Latin-speaking Numidian writer; wrote The Metamorphoses (The Golden Ass); Apologia
- Included in lists (What's This?): GGB (+PGR 2); Bloom
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
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Just the Facts:
- Name: Gaius Petronius Arbiter
- Known as: Petronius
- Birth: 27, Marseille, France
- Death: 66, Cumae, Italy
- Language: Latin
- Who he was: Roman satirist: The Satyricon
- Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
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Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Decimus Iūnius Iuvenālis
- Known as: Juvenal
- Dates: 1st-2nd centuries CE
- Place: Aquino, Italy
- Language: Latin
- Who he was: Roman satirical poet known for Satires, especially the third one
- Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter. Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
