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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 alonejoseph as an exemplar in western europe as early as the thirteenth centuryin very good condition but with bumps to upper cornersoxfam bookshop birmingham satire, veneration, and stsee oxfam website for delivery information read morejoseph in art, cits 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 experiencesit 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, )
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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 drare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisome stains on backhogarth’s idea was to caricarure the absurd visual situations that colud be brought about by using situations thatcould be brought about by using false perpectivecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableinscription: “whoever makes a design without the knowledge of perspective will be able to such absurdities as are shown in this frontispiece”despite its fair condition, a print quite rare in a 18th century impressionour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storehogarth drawing was engraved by luke sullivanetching on laid paper, 22 x 18two small tears at upper edge and right margintaylor,s method of perspecrive made easy, both in theory and practice, published invery good impression on laid paper slightly yellowishplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Monkey print: satire on dutch shippinggaat dit zo voor de wind recht toe naar het apenlandbeautiful printare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiespecially on dutch customsin perfect conditioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe last print of a series of 16 prints in which monkeys represent humans in their daily activitiescut on the margins, image completereferences; wurzbach“zo apen dat gaat wel, stuur recht en met verstandour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecomes in a museum matin front a flat bottom, behind a voc shipprinted on thin verger paper and mounted on another verger paper” etched and engraved and published by matthijs pool in amsterdam caplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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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-fourone 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 moreoxfam shop kendal a hardback book in an attractive dustcover, as new, with minimal shelf wear
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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 jonesset 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 christsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis misadventures bring him to the attention of pontius pilate (michael palin) who makes it his mission to capture and crucify him
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Beautiful intact antique wedgwood water jug with beautiful colours with satire headare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’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 storethis can be dated back to , marked and year noplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicover slightly bumped the illustrations in very good conditioncatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe 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 edgesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any store4th 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 eyesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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His work is characterized by nonconformity, free-form improvisation, sound experiments, musical virtuosity, and satire of american cultureare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiprofessional cleaned and the label comes from roxy this item will be send by registered mail trackingthe vinyl is very clean and shinyzappa also directed feature-length films and music videos, and designed album coverslabel 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 itfrank vincent zappa december – december ) was an american multi-instrumentalist musician, composer, and bandleaderthe label is from barking pumpkin records ashere are 4 albums by frank zappa all in great conditionthis is a picture disc from with a interview with frank zappa it is recorded in the usa and the running time is 50 minuteshe is considered one of the most innovative and stylistically diverse rock musicians of his erafrank zappa - sheik yerbouti is a dubbel album on the cbs label dutch pressthe label comes from discreet and it is a usa pressthe vinyl is in great condition professional cleaned and it comes from the yearthe vinyl is in great excellent condition professional cleanedour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storereleased in zappa - incredibly frankcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablehere it is for sale in the euzappa/mothers - roxy & elsewhere also is this a dubbel album fromalso this album is in great conditionin 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 artistplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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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
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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 manneronly 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 londonsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam 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
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He was a caricaturist, printer and engraver, famous for his etchings with political and social satire subjectssigned on the plate by james gillrayhumphrey, londonengraving painted in watercolours and printed on strong cardboardare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’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 storepublished on 1 december by hplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available"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 twainour 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
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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 rosary] excellent impression from the 'trostspiegel' (this edition ca ), here in a fine strong impressionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki3 cm hans weiditz () his work was often confused with dürer and burgkmaircatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availabletrimmed to outside edgesfine recent hand colour sympathetic to the style of the timeidentification 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 signedand one of the little group of outstanding woodcut designers of the german renaissance with a highly individualized style and a most personal outlook on lifeour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeweiditz was not only the most versatile but the busiest of the illustrators of his timeat the back st peter receiving the keys to heavenweiditz trained in strasbourg and in he was a journeyman with hans burgkmair in augsburgplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website[hans weiditz: a study in personality, the metropolitan museum of art bulletin, w
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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 djblock clean; binding remains goodtaken from dj inner flapthey will also find matter for pridebut it is always better to be self-critical and to leave praise to otherspictorial green boards, very clean, with only minor scuff to rear cover, and minor fraying to corners and spine endssee oxfam website for delivery information read moredj (good) in matching green pictorial, with minor edgewear and scuffs, and a 1 cm closed tear to spinea 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 pp
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham how freakin' zeitgeist are you is the definitive collection of murray lachlan young's poems from to the present dayhis 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 more
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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 promisesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablecorners in good conditionthis album is in good condition small wear on the caps (visible in the photos)beautiful interior without tearingour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeshipping with trackingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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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
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See oxfam website for delivery information read more'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 harpooxfam shop nether edge a collection of 8 classic marx brothers films
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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 xivare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethus, 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”this implicit criticism of louis xiv' s absolutism immediately appeared as a transparent manifesto in favour of natural law versus divine lawdelivery service provided by chronopost within a few daysour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storea nice edition of this book that combines the educational novel and the anti-absolutist political manifestothis novel, both an epic and a treatise on morality and politics, caused both fénelon's disgrace at court and his immediate and subsequent famebinding 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 bindinginside in good condition, light soiling, lovely headbands, complete of the frontispiece and 10 wonderfully executed out of text plates, marbled endpapersmessire françois de salignac de la mothe fénélon - les aventures de télémaque, fils d'ulysse - xl + 448 pagesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
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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 hypocrisy" excellent condition - like new! cash onlycollection or free delivery within lancaster & morecambe
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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 apocolocyntosisxylographic initials, heads and culs de lampeportrait and 2 full-page engraved platesthe text is in the centre, and the notes and comments at the footare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki8 sheets, including frontispiece and title page in two colours, xxxvi - 911 ppgood book in the original condition, some brownish sheetscatawiki’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 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 websitethe 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 galle
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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 itoxfam bookshop woodbridge he had decided to live forever or die in the attemptset 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 himreading catch-22 is nothing less than a rite of passagethis 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 morehere, at last, is the definitive edition of a classic of world literature
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This poem is a satire on the british parliamentoxfam shop cowley road a political poem in rhyming couplets by clive james with illustrations by marcin excellent condition with no notes or inscriptionssoftcover published by jonathan cape, first editionclive james () was an australian journalist and writer who moved to the uk insee oxfam website for delivery information read moremany of the characters' names recall politicians of the day: harold wiles, ted tede, shirley whirley '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 characters
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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 jonesset 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 christsee oxfam website for delivery information read morehis misadventures bring him to the attention of pontius pilate (michael palin) who makes it his mission to capture and crucify him
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See oxfam website for delivery information read morerich 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 acquaintancesbut 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 commitments
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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 maryare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableévariste 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 parisour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storesecond edition, revised and corrected, of the provocative and quickly censored masterpiece of the pre-romantic reunionese poet evariste parnylightly 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 published\t didot, an vii ()la 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 website
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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 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 playtimehe 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 moreconcerned about his future, hulot's relatives attempt to find him gainful employment, with little successthings perk up when a traveling carnival arrives in town, and exhibits a film about the speedy and efficient united states postal servicehulot 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 itparade () was tati's last film and sees the filmmaker return to his music hall rootsoxfam 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 futuretati came into his own and reached new levels of popularity with les vacances de mthis is a collection of tati's finest films from across his careerin tati's charming jour de fete (), the director casts himself as francois a contented and happy postman in a small, unhurried french villagefrancois takes up the call, and attempts to americanise his work style
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