God mocks : a history of religious satire from the Hebrew Prophets to Stephen Colbert / Terry Lindvall.

Author: Lindvall, Terry, author.

Imprint:New York : New York University Press, [2015]

Descriptionxi, 347 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm

Note:Circumcised satirists -- Caesar salad satirists -- Satire made flesh -- Medieval jesters and roosters -- Reformers and fools -- Augustan poets and pundits -- Continental wits, rakes, and ironists -- American naifs and agnostics -- British Catholics and curmudgeons -- Entertainers and onions -- A fool's apology and Palinode.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-340) and index.

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