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Is the first to reclaim satire as a central component of catholic altarpieces, devotional art, and veneration, moving beyond humor's relegation to the medieval margins or to the profane arts aloneit reveals how humor, laughter, and material culture played a critical role in establishing stthe book challenges humor's perception as a mere teaching tool for the laity and the antithesis of 'high' veneration and theology, a divide perpetuated by counter-reformation thought and the inheritance of mikhail bakhtin (rabelais and his world, )joseph as an exemplar in western europe as early as the thirteenth centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop birmingham satire, veneration, and stin very good condition but with bumps to upper cornersits goal is to open a new line of interpretation in medieval and early modern cultural studies, by revealing the functions of humor in sacred scenes, the role of laughter as veneration, and the importance of play for pre-reformation religious experiencesjoseph in art, c
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This satire on the poor drawing of perspective was designed by hogarth to serve as the frontispiece to his frieng joshua kirby,s book drcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabletwo small tears at upper edge and right marginare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihogarth’s idea was to caricarure the absurd visual situations that colud be brought about by using situations thatcould be brought about by using false perpectiveour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeetching on laid paper, 22 x 18please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitedespite its fair condition, a print quite rare in a 18th century impressionsome stains on backtaylor,s method of perspecrive made easy, both in theory and practice, published invery good impression on laid paper slightly yellowishhogarth drawing was engraved by luke sullivaninscription: “whoever makes a design without the knowledge of perspective will be able to such absurdities as are shown in this frontispiece”
109 €
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Monkey print: satire on dutch shippingcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecut on the margins, image complete” etched and engraved and published by matthijs pool in amsterdam caare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikireferences; wurzbachour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebeautiful printcomes in a museum matespecially on dutch customsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe last print of a series of 16 prints in which monkeys represent humans in their daily activitiesin front a flat bottom, behind a voc shipgaat dit zo voor de wind recht toe naar het apenlandprinted on thin verger paper and mounted on another verger paperin perfect condition“zo apen dat gaat wel, stuur recht en met verstand
85 €
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A biting satire on dictatorship written during the second world war and published in , animal farm is perhaps the most celebrated twentieth-century english satire after the same writer's nineteen eighty-fouroxfam shop kendal a hardback book in an attractive dustcover, as new, with minimal shelf wearone of the very few writers to be compared in power, artistry and moral authority with jonathan swift, the purity of orwell's spare prose and the logic of his dark comedy emphasize the stark message of man's inhumanity to man and beast's to beast see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Hi for sale tacx satire turbo trainer with mat and front wheel stand in excellent condition no box!can deliver or post! thank you ad id: delivery service consumer credit
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Oxfam shop salisbury religious satire from the monty python comedy teamthe cast also includes john cleese, terry gilliam, eric idle and terry joneshis misadventures bring him to the attention of pontius pilate (michael palin) who makes it his mission to capture and crucify himsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreset during biblical times, the film tells the story of brian cohen (graham chapman), an accidental messiah whose life runs in eerie parallel to that of jesus christ
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Beautiful intact antique wedgwood water jug with beautiful colours with satire headcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis can be dated back to , marked and year no
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Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe amorous antics of the hero, who once more only supply heine the pretext in this pseudo autobiography, to test his sharp wit on his love-hate relationship to the city of hamburg, offer a narrative of a breakneck daring balancing act between grace and insolence, a typical example of ingenious satire" (eyssen) somewhat a bit spotty at the edges4th work of pan-presse -1 of 250 numbered copies on american old stratford (this is no 107) with 35 illustrations by jules pascin, 6 full-pages and coloured by hand, 1 double-sided and hand-coloured - 83 pages - 31 x 24 cm this book is still a feast for the eyescover slightly bumped the illustrations in very good condition
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His work is characterized by nonconformity, free-form improvisation, sound experiments, musical virtuosity, and satire of american culturethe vinyl is very clean and shinythe label is from barking pumpkin records asare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis is a picture disc from with a interview with frank zappa it is recorded in the usa and the running time is 50 minutesin a career spanning more than 30 years, zappa composed rock, pop, jazz, jazz fusion, orchestral and musique concrète works, and produced almost all of the 60-plus albums that he released with his band the mothers of invention and as a solo artisthere it is for sale in the eufrank vincent zappa december – december ) was an american multi-instrumentalist musician, composer, and bandleaderlabel number is 2ds zappa - the man from utopia sampler this is a promotional copy and not for sale because this is unlawful in the usait is a 45 rpm sampler on both sides 2 numbers on ithere are 4 albums by frank zappa all in great conditionzappa/mothers - roxy & elsewhere also is this a dubbel album fromprofessional cleaned and the label comes from roxy this item will be send by registered mail trackingzappa also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album coverscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storethe vinyl is in great excellent condition professional cleanedalso this album is in great conditionthe vinyl is in great condition professional cleaned and it comes from the yearreleased in zappa - incredibly frankfrank zappa - sheik yerbouti is a dubbel album on the cbs label dutch presshe is considered one of the most innovative and stylistically diverse rock musicians of his erathe label comes from discreet and it is a usa press
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Followed by 'to play the king' inoxfam shop ulverston bbc adaptation of ex-tory pressman michael dobbs' political satire, scripted by andrew daviesfrancis urquhart (ian richardson) is a long-serving mp who has his eye on the top job, and will stop at nothing to fulfil his ambitionsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam shop ulverston notorious religious satire from the monty python team which was banned in 17 countries on releaseset during biblical times, the film tells the story of brian (graham chapman), an accidental messiah whose life runs in eerie parallel to that of jesus christalso starring john cleese, terry jones, terry gilliam, eric idle, terence bayler, carol cleveland, kenneth colley, neil innes, john young, gwen taylor, sue jones-davies see oxfam website for delivery information read morehis misadventures come to the attention of pilate (michael palin), crucifixion inevitably follows, and the film ends with the infamous group rendition of the song 'always look on the bright side of life'
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle the classic political satire on the corrupting nature of power, in which the animals of mr jones's farm successfully overthrow their human masters and resolve to live in harmony and equality, only to find that "some are more equal than others"this is a special anniversary edition illustrated by ralph steadman pages are in fine condition, boards are in fine condition, dust jacket is in very good condition with some markings on the back see oxfam website for delivery information read more
24 €
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It is at once a profound meditation upon the nature of received religion; a love story; a caustic satire of contemporary urban life and a historical detective story set in the far futurewill self's big bold book dares to take on the grand themes in the grand mannersee oxfam website for delivery information read moreonly to have them discovered 500 years later and used as the sacred text for a religion that has taken hold in the flooded remnants of londonoxfam bookshop cheltenham the book of dave is based around the rants of dave rudman, a disgruntled east end taxi driver, who writes his woes down and buries them
3 €
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He was a caricaturist, printer and engraver, famous for his etchings with political and social satire subjectscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablepublished on 1 december by hare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisigned on the plate by james gillrayour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteengraving painted in watercolours and printed on strong cardboardhumphrey, london
46 €
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Catawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeit explores the controversy over the authorship of the shakespearean literary canon via satire, anecdote, and extensive quotation of contemporary authors on the subjectplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website"is shakespeare dead?" by mark twain harper & brothers, ny - first american edition, first printing - rare presentation copy by the publishing house - cmx15cm - condition: very good, name to ffep, frontispiece plates of shakespeare present is shakespeare dead? is a short, semi-autobiographical work by american humorist mark twain
34 €
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satire against the clergy with a group of monks, priests and nuns standing in front of a cat wearing headdress and holding a rosarycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableat the back st peter receiving the keys to heavenare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiweiditz was not only the most versatile but the busiest of the illustrators of his timeour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store3 cm hans weiditz () his work was often confused with dürer and burgkmairtrimmed to outside edgesweiditz trained in strasbourg and in he was a journeyman with hans burgkmair in augsburgand one of the little group of outstanding woodcut designers of the german renaissance with a highly individualized style and a most personal outlook on life[hans weiditz: a study in personality, the metropolitan museum of art bulletin, wplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website] excellent impression from the 'trostspiegel' (this edition ca ), here in a fine strong impressionidentification by röttinger of weiditz as the 'petrarch master', so called after the illustrations to that bookfew drawings by him have survived; weiditz's work fell quickly into obscurity owing to the fact that only two of his woodcuts are signedfine recent hand colour sympathetic to the style of the time
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71 €
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"the author of animal farm, that brilliant satire on revolution, should need no introduction to english readers"those who read this book may find much to make them angry - much with which they will disagree part of the "britain in pictures" seriesvery good, with dja part of each free endpaper is tanned, but essentially this is a clean and excellent copy, with pages throughout (plus 8 colour plates and 17 b/w illustrations) all remaining clean, with no marks, tears or annotations notedoxfam books & music winchester 47 ppblock clean; binding remains goodpictorial green boards, very clean, with only minor scuff to rear cover, and minor fraying to corners and spine endsdj (good) in matching green pictorial, with minor edgewear and scuffs, and a 1 cm closed tear to spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read moretaken from dj inner flapbut it is always better to be self-critical and to leave praise to othersthey will also find matter for pride
29 €
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His incurable addiction to rhyme is evident from the first page and the whole collection is designed to be read aloud and shared with friendsso open it up, find the beat and enter the strange and marvellous world of murray lachlan younganyone who has watched or listened to murray perform will recognise the range of his work, from whimsical comedy to darker pieces through satire, cosmology and metaphysicssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop cheltenham how freakin' zeitgeist are you is the definitive collection of murray lachlan young's poems from to the present day
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2 stories - the smurfissime (40 pages) - smurfonia in c (22 pages) published in , the smurf is the real first long story of the smurfs and is intended to be an effective and humorous satire of tyranny, the abuse of power, and false election promisescatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis album is in good condition small wear on the caps (visible in the photos)shipping with trackingbeautiful interior without tearingcorners in good condition
69 €
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Oxfam shop inverness enjoy the classic satire of british life in the 's revived in this s published copy of cranford, unconnected sketches published together that is critical of life, love and status in the uk lifestyle see oxfam website for delivery information read more
10 €
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop nether edge a collection of 8 classic marx brothers films'the cocoanuts' () sees the four marx brothers - groucho, harpo, chico and zeppo - make their big screen debut with this adaptation of their broadway hit; 'animal crackers' () also stars margaret dumont; 'monkey business' () was their first original screenplay and features them as stowaways aboard a luxury ocean liner; 'horse feathers' () sees them creating havoc on the campus of a high school college; 'duck soup' () is a zany political satire, which so offended fascist dictator benito mussolini that the film was banned in italy; 'room service' () also starred lucille ball and ann miller; 'love happy' () featured an aspiring starlet, marilyn monroe; and 'a girl in every port' () was groucho marx's second solo outing for rko and his third feature without chico and harpo
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And for good reason: fénelon tells of the wanderings of telemachus, accompanied by mentor, avatar of minerva - pretext for a moral and political education, which was also seen at the time as a satire of the reign of louis xivcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabledelivery service provided by chronopost within a few daysare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeinside in good condition, light soiling, lovely headbands, complete of the frontispiece and 10 wonderfully executed out of text plates, marbled endpapersplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethis novel, both an epic and a treatise on morality and politics, caused both fénelon's disgrace at court and his immediate and subsequent famethus, montesquieu described it as “livre divin de ce siècle” and was inspired by it by adopting the same process of disassociation in his “lettres persanes”messire françois de salignac de la mothe fénélon - les aventures de télémaque, fils d'ulysse - xl + 448 pagesbinding in good condition, work in its period brown full leather binding, covers and spine in good condition, adorned ribbed spine, gilded titling on a morocco label, lovely and elegant bindingthis implicit criticism of louis xiv' s absolutism immediately appeared as a transparent manifesto in favour of natural law versus divine lawa nice edition of this book that combines the educational novel and the anti-absolutist political manifesto
51 €
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"dead souls (), russia's first major novel, is one of the most unusual works of nineteenth-century fiction and a devastating satire on social hypocrisycollection or free delivery within lancaster & morecambe" excellent condition - like new! cash only
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It collects his main philosophical works: de ira, consolatio, de providentia, de tranquillitate animi, de constantia sapientis, de clementia, de brevitate vitae, de vita beata, de otio sapientis, de beneficiis, epistolas, his scientific work naturales quaestiones, and the satire apocolocyntosiscatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablegood book in the original condition, some brownish sheetsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storea large folio volume with the beautiful original stiff-board parchment binding, double thread embossed on the covers, fleurons on the corners and a central embossed detail, spine with ribs and a red labelplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteportrait and 2 full-page engraved plates8 sheets, including frontispiece and title page in two colours, xxxvi - 911 ppxylographic initials, heads and culs de lampethe best and most complete edition of all those published of the cordoba philosopher and thinker lucius annaeus seneca, illustrated by rubens and engraved by cornellius gallethe text is in the centre, and the notes and comments at the foot
307 €
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Joseph heller's unforgettable novel is a hilarious and tragic satire on military madness, and the tale of one man's efforts to survive itthis fiftieth-anniversary edition celebrates heller's masterpiece with an introduction by howard jacobson, rare images from heller's personal archive and essays by the likes of norman mailer, anthony burgess and christopher hitchens50th anniversary edition some light wear to the covers see oxfam website for delivery information read morereading catch-22 is nothing less than a rite of passagehere, at last, is the definitive edition of a classic of world literatureset in italy during world war ii, this is the story of a bombardier named yossarian, a hero who is furious because thousands of people he has never met are trying to kill himoxfam bookshop woodbridge he had decided to live forever or die in the attempt
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This poem is a satire on the british parliamentin excellent condition with no notes or inscriptions 'britannia bright's bewilderment in the wilderness of westminster' was first performed at the poetry international festival at the institute of contemporary arts on 18 june , with clive james as narrator and russell davies voicing all the charactersclive james () was an australian journalist and writer who moved to the uk inmany of the characters' names recall politicians of the day: harold wiles, ted tede, shirley whirleysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop cowley road a political poem in rhyming couplets by clive james with illustrations by marcsoftcover published by jonathan cape, first edition
9 €
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Oxfam shop hull religious satire from the monty python comedy teamthe cast also includes john cleese, terry gilliam, eric idle and terry joneshis misadventures bring him to the attention of pontius pilate (michael palin) who makes it his mission to capture and crucify himsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreset during biblical times, the film tells the story of brian cohen (graham chapman), an accidental messiah whose life runs in eerie parallel to that of jesus christ
15 €
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But this torpid existence comes to an end when, spurred on by his crumbling finances, the love of a woman and the reproaches of his friend, the hard-working stoltz, oblomov finds that he must engage with the real world and face up to his commitmentsrich in situational comedy, psychological complexity and social satire, oblomov - here presented in stephen pearl's award-winning translation, the first major english-language version of the novel in more than fifty years - is a timeless novel and a monument to human idlenessoxfam bookshop ealing first published in , oblomov is an indisputable classic of russian literature, comparable in its stature to such masterpieces as gogol's dead souls, tolstoy's anna karenina and dostoevsky's brothers karamazovthe book centres on the figure of ilya ilyich oblomov, a member of the dying class of the landed gentry, who spends most of his time lying in bed gazing at life in an apathetic daze, encouraged by his equally lazy servant zakhar and routinely swindled by his acquaintancessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
4 €
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Heir to the philosophers, in particular voltaire, who had welcomed him by calling him "my dear tibulle" in , parny was now part of the anti-christian literary movement and pronounced, in the style of a theomachic fable in which pagan deities enter into a rivalry of power against the central figures of christianity, a relentless satire of the clerical world (the debauchery of the nuns, the hypocritical bawdiness of the religious, the simony of the popes) and a sharp criticism of some dogmas, in particular the doctrines of the trinity and the virginity of marycatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki\t didot, an vii ()our weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storela guerre des dieux, poème en 10 chants, : poem condemned by a decree of 27 june but which was often reprinted clandestinelyplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteévariste désiré de forges, knight then viscount of parny, was a french poet born on 6 february in saint-paul de l'île bourbon (now reunion island), and died on 5 december in parislightly rubbed binding, fresh inside, comments in pencil on the first endpaper pages, a nice copyit was in , at the end of an 18th century fertile with philosophical and literary upheavals, that "la guerre des dieux anciens et modernes" by evariste de parny was publishedsecond edition, revised and corrected, of the provocative and quickly censored masterpiece of the pre-romantic reunionese poet evariste parny
39 €
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The first film to introduce his much-loved alter ego monsieur hulot, it sets the pattern for future appearances of the character, throwing the bumbling hero unwittingly into the middle of the action and letting the ensuing mishaps provoke humour ranging from gentle observations to fairly biting satirehulot lives in a colourful, parisian neighborhood and, lacking employment, spends his days waiting to pick up his adoring nephew from school, and subsequently escorting him to his parents' ultra-modern housemarking the third appearance of tati's hulot, the film takes as its subject modern technology and its sometimes disastrous and always hilarious effects on the people living within ithe began the project by recording a circus show performance in sweden, the footage was then turned into a movie showcase for tati's considerable physical comedy skills see oxfam website for delivery information read morein tati's charming jour de fete (), the director casts himself as francois a contented and happy postman in a small, unhurried french villagethis is a collection of tati's finest films from across his careerhulot weaves in and out of view, leaving a trail of bumped heads, offended sensibilities and curious glances in his wakejacques tati's spectacular cinematic art reached its peak in the gargantuan achievement of playtimefrancois takes up the call, and attempts to americanise his work styletati came into his own and reached new levels of popularity with les vacances de moxfam bookshop byres road filmmaker and actor jacques tati reinvented the art of slapstick comedy, expertly dissecting the nature of sight gags and pratfalls while exploiting viewer expectations to create an ambitious, richly detailed cinematic parlor game perfect for exploring the infinite mysteries of the modern worldhulot returns with mon oncle (), a film set along the dividing line between paris' past and its futureconcerned about his future, hulot's relatives attempt to find him gainful employment, with little successparade () was tati's last film and sees the filmmaker return to his music hall rootsthings perk up when a traveling carnival arrives in town, and exhibits a film about the speedy and efficient united states postal service
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45 €