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Parody

Here are entered works on the literary form of humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature. Collections of parodies in several languages or of several literatures, in the English language, or of English and American literature are entered under Parodies. Collections in other languages or in other literatures are entered under Parodies qualified by language or nationality, e.g. Parodies, French.

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• Satire

• Burlesque (Literature)
• Caricature

• Parody -- Bibliography
• Parody -- Italy
• Parody in art
• Parody in literature
• Parody, German
• Parody, Norwegian

• Comic literature
• Literature, Comic
• Travesty

• Christoph Martin Wieland as the Originator of Modern Travesty in German Literature (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, c1970), by Charlotte M. Craig (HTML at Project MUSE)
• Parody in the Middle Ages: The Latin Tradition (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c1996), by Martha Bayless (page images at HathiTrust)
• De parodia in comoediis Aristophanis : locos ubi Aristophanes verbis epicorum, lyricorum, tragicorum utitur (J.L. Beijers, 1877), by W. H. van de Sande Bakhuyzen (page images at HathiTrust)
• The language of parody; a study in the diction of Aristophanes. (J.H. Furst company, 1906), by Edward William Hope (page images at HathiTrust)
• Parody in Jewish literature. (AMS Press, 1966), by Israel Davidson (page images at HathiTrust)
• On parody (H. Holt and company, 1896), by A. S. Martin (page images at HathiTrust)
• A book of burlesque, sketches of English stage travestie and parody (Henry and co., 1891), by William Davenport Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Deutsche Literatur seit 1770 : Lichtenberg. Herder. Bürger. Die parodie in Östreich. Cl. Brentano. H. Heine. (F. & P. Lehmann, 1877), by Eduard Grisebach (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'ane mort (Bourdin, 1842), by Jules Janin and Tony Johannot (page images at HathiTrust)
• Dramatic parody by manonettes in eighteenth century Paris. (King's crown press, 1946), by Frank Whiteman Lindsay (page images at HathiTrust)
• Parody. (M. Secker, 1914), by Christopher Reynolds Stone (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die parodie im mittelalter (Drei masken verlag, 1922), by Paul Lehmann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• La parodia nella commedia greca antica. (Studio editoriale moderno, 1928), by Francesco Guglielmino (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Letteratura che non ha senso. (R. Giusti, 1900), by Pietro Micheli (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die deutsche Litteratur seit 1770. Lichtenberg. Herder. Bürger. Die parodie in Östreich. Cl. Brentano. H. Heine. (F. & P. Lehmann, 1887), by Eduard Grisebach (page images at HathiTrust)
• The heart of a goof. (H. Jenkins, 1926), by P. G. Wodehouse (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The goblin groom; a tale of Dunse (Alex. Lawrie;, 1809), by R. O. Fenwick (page images at HathiTrust)
• Quaestiones de parodi in comoedia Atticorum antiquissima compositione. (Typis F. Soemmering, 1892), by Hugo Rosenbusch (page images at HathiTrust)
• Parodorum epicorum Graecorum et Archestrati reliquiae (in aedibus Teubneri, 1888), by Paul Brandt and Archestratus (page images at HathiTrust)
• New England life in a village (National News Company, 1868), by Henry W. B. Cher (page images at HathiTrust)
• Observations sur la comedie, et sur le genie de Moliere (Chez la veuve Pissot ..., 1736), by Luigi Riccoboni (page images at HathiTrust)
• De la parodie dramatique chez les grecs (H. Manceaux, 1873), by Paul Léonce Jacques Thomas (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Parodie im Mittelalter. (Drei Masken, 1922), by Paul Joachim Georg Lehmann (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• La parodie chez les Grecs, chez les Romains, et chez les modernes. (N. Trübner et cie, 1870), by Octave Delepierre (page images at HathiTrust)
• Parodorvm epicorvm graecorvm et Archestrati reliqviae recognovit et enarravit Pavlvs Brandt. (in aedibvs B. G. Tevbneri, 1888), by Paul Brandt and of Gela Archestratus (page images at HathiTrust)
• The new history of Sandford and Merton (Roberts Brothers, 1872), by F. C. Burnand, Thomas Day, Linley Sambourne, Mass.) Roberts Brothers (Boston, and Evans & Co Bradbury (page images at HathiTrust)
• Parody in Jewish literature (The Columbia university press, 1907), by Israel Davidson (page images at HathiTrust)
• De parodia in comoediis Aristophanis : locos ubi Aristophanes verbis epicorum, lyricorum, tragicorum utitur (Beijers, 1877), by Willem Hendrik van de Sande Bakhuyzen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Homērou kai Hēsiodou agōn = Homeri et Hesiodi certamen (Excudebat Henr. Stephanus, 1573), by of Pitana Matron and Henri Estienne (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pasillo jocoso de la visita del hospital. (Imprenta de D. José M. Marés, Corredera baja de San Pablo, núm 27, 1846), by Edward M. Wilson and Armando Cotarelo Valledor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Twisted tales (Henry Holt and Co., 1924), by Christopher Ward, Vail-Ballou Press, and Henry Holt and Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• The mystery of John Jasper ([The Author], 1925), by Harold R. Leaver (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Westminster Alice, by Saki, illust. by F. Carruthers Gould (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Book of Burlesque: Sketches of English Stage Travestie and Parody, by William Davenport Adams (Gutenberg ebook)

• Parody in Jewish literature (The Columbia university press, 1907), by Israel Davidson (page images at HathiTrust)

• Rutzvanscad il giovine : arcisopratragichissima tragedia (Nella Stamperia Gavelli, 1730), by Zaccaria Valaresso and Domenico Lazzarini (page images at HathiTrust)

• Catalog of the eighth annual exhibition. (Society of American Fakirs, 1899), by Society of American Fakirs and Art Students' League (page images at HathiTrust)
• 1900 catalog (Society of American Fakirs ;, 1900), by Society of American Fakirs and Art Students' League (page images at HathiTrust)

• Parody and Decadence: Laforgue's Moralités Légendaires (Columbus, OH: Ohio State University Press, c1989), by Michele Hannoosh (PDF at Ohio State)
• De parodia in comoediis Aristophanis : locos ubi Aristophanes verbis epicorum, lyricorum, tragicorum utitur (J.L. Beijers, 1877), by W. H. van de Sande Bakhuyzen (page images at HathiTrust)

• Virgils Aeneis (Frankfurt, 1802), by Aloys Blumauer (page images at HathiTrust)

• Rythmeskvulp (Haffner & Hille, 1895), by Hjalmar Christensen and Wilhelm Dons (page images at HathiTrust)

Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.

• Mark Twain's burlesque patterns : as seen in the novels and narratives, 1855-1885 (Southern Methodist University Press, 1960), by Franklin R. Rogers (page images at HathiTrust)
• A book of burlesque, sketches of English stage travestie and parody (Henry and co., 1891), by William Davenport Adams (page images at HathiTrust)
• The tour of Doctor Syntax, in search of the picturesque, a poem (Bell, 1865), by William Combe and Thomas Rowlandson (page images at HathiTrust)
• New England life in a village (National News Company, 1868), by Henry W. B. Cher (page images at HathiTrust)
• Recueil des pieces du temps (J. Strik, 1685) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Halifax to the Saskatchewan "our boys" in the Riel Rebellion : a musical and dramatique burlesque (s.n.], 1886), by L. Dixon (page images at HathiTrust)
• To trace the knave. (E. Johnson, 1888), by Owen Seaman, John D. Batten, and Lancelot Speed (page images at HathiTrust)
• Geschichte des Burlesken. (Schwicker, 1794), by Karl Friedrich Flögel and Friedrich Schmit (page images at HathiTrust)
• Another three weeks (Life Publishing Company, 1908), by James Stetson Metcalfe and Life Publishing Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• My Northern Exposure: The Kawa at the Pole, by George S. Chappell (Gutenberg ebook)
• Sarah of the Sahara: A Romance of Nomads Land, by George S. Chappell (Gutenberg ebook)
• Sainetes (in Spanish), by Carlos Arniches y Barrera (Gutenberg ebook)
• A Book of Burlesque: Sketches of English Stage Travestie and Parody, by William Davenport Adams (Gutenberg ebook)

More items available under broader and related terms at left.