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Post essential satirical works please.

>> No.5045606

>>5045521
>catch-22 is satirical
what color is the sky in your world?

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>>5045606

>> No.5045621

>>5045617
don't aid in propagating this misconception.

>> No.5045634

a modest proposal, candide, cat's cradle, harry potter, the importance of being earnest.

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>>5045621

>> No.5045675

>>5045634
>harry potter

Good list, but what is Harry Potter satirizing?

>> No.5045684

>>5045675
good literature

>> No.5045685

>>5045684

#rekt

>> No.5045686

>>5045675
some people say that muggles vs wizards is actually social commentary. i suspect that poster is one of them.

>> No.5045724

>>5045686
i wanted to throw in a dud but couldn't think of anything good because i'm not clever and i guess i said something that could be considered satire oops.

>> No.5047784

>>5045521
I'm fairly certain you could consider some of pTerry's works satire, especially Thud and Small Gods.

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>> No.5048078

>>5045634
I would certainly add Persian Letters by Montesquieu.

>> No.5048318

Mac Flecknoe by John Dryden. Almost unrivalled. A short fragment:

"All humane things are subject to decay,
And, when Fate summons, Monarchs must obey:
This Fleckno found, who, like Augustus, young
Was call'd to Empire, and had govern'd long:
In Prose and Verse, was own'd, without dispute [5]
Through all the Realms of Non-sense, absolute.
This aged Prince now flourishing in Peace,
And blest with issue of a large increase,
Worn out with business, did at length debate
To settle the succession of the State: [10]
And pond'ring which of all his Sons was fit
To Reign, and wage immortal War with Wit;
Cry'd, 'tis resolv'd; for Nature pleads that He
Should onely rule, who most resembles me:
Sh—— alone my perfect image bears, [15]
Mature in dullness from his tender years.
Sh—— alone, of all my Sons, is he
Who stands confirm'd in full stupidity.
The rest to some faint meaning make pretence,
But Sh—— never deviates into sense. [20]
Some Beams of Wit on other souls may fall,
Strike through and make a lucid interval;
But Sh——'s genuine night admits no ray,
His rising Fogs prevail upon the Day:"

He really had a personal grudge against that person. 10/10

Source:
http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Texts/macflecknoe.html

>> No.5048337

No Gulliver's Travels? Really, /lit/?