Author: Ulrich Broich

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1990-10-18

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 9780521309653

This book is the first comprehensive study of the theory, the conventions and the history of the mock-heroic genre. In the first part, Ulrich Broich shows how mock-heroic poetry combines the characteristics of various discourses - epic, comedy, parody, satire and occasional poetry. The second part traces the history of mock-heroic poetry.