parody

astrology

ology (the study of)

repetition with critical difference' (24)

 must never fear exaggerating. If it strikes home, it will only prefigure something that others will then do without a smile-- and without a blush-- in steadfast virile seriousness.

For such is the fate of parody: it must never fear exaggerating. If it strikes home, it will only prefigure something that others will then do without a smile-- and without a blush-- in steadfast virile seriousness. Umberto Eco

is a kind of imitation and the only good imitations are those that poke fun at bad originals.

The only good imitations are those that poke fun at bad originals.Francois de La Rochefoucauld

is that which always implies a linguistic norm.

Still, the genergal effect of parody is whether isn sympathy or with maliceto cast ridicule on the private nature of these stylistic mannerisms and their excessiveness and eccentricity with respect to tthe way people normally speak or write. So there remains somewher behind alll parody the feeling that there is a linguistic norm in contrast to which the styles of the great modernist can be mocked' (Jameson postmodern writing -1998 p.4ish)

is the most flattering while imitation is the most sincere.

Imitation is the most sincere, but parody is the most flattering.

is a form that tars oneself as the lesser poet.

In composing a parody one tars oneself as the lesser poet.

is the last refuge of the frustrated writer.

parody, n.Definitions

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