Satire

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Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody’s face but their own.

Jonathan Swift

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Topic

Satire Judging others Self-criticism

Author

Jonathan Swift

Source

The Battle of the Books

Genre

Satire

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

1704 1700s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Swift, Jonathan. The Battle of the Books. London: John Nutt, 1704, preface.

Current Citation

Swift, Jonathan. "The Preface of the Author." A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works. Dover Publications, 1996.

It's difficult not to write satire.

Juvenal

Satires

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Topic

Satire

Author

Juvenal

Source

Satires

Medium

Poem

Language

Latin

Time

127 120s 2nd century

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 1

Original Citation

Juvenal. Satirae [Satires]. c. 127, satire 1.

Current Citation

Juvenal. The Satires, translated by Niall Rudd. Oxford University Press, 2008, satire 1.