literary parodies

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• Literary nonsense — (or nonsense literature) is a broad categorization of literature that uses sensical and nonsensical elements to defy language conventions or logical reasoning. Even though the most well known form of literary nonsense is nonsense verse, the genre …   Wikipedia

• Parodies of James Bond — The James Bond series of novels and films have been parodied numerous times in a number of different media including books, films, video games, and television shows. Most notable of all these parodies is the 1967 spoof Casino Royale , which was… …   Wikipedia

• Parodies — parody par o*dy (p[a^]r [ o]*d[y^]), n.; pl. {Parodies} (p[a^]r [ o]*d[i^]z). [L. parodia, Gr. parw,di a; para beside + w,dh a song: cf. F. parodie. See {Para }, and {Ode}.] [1913 Webster] 1. A writing in which the language or sentiment of an… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• parodies — par·o·dy || pærÉ™dɪ n. literary work containing a farcical imitation of a particular person characteristic or style v. compose a farcical imitation of another work, write a satirical imitation …   English contemporary dictionary

• Samuel Johnson's literary criticism — PoetryJohnson s literature, especially his Lives of the Poets series, is marked by various opinions on what would make a poetic work excellent. He believed that the best poetry relied on contemporary language, and he disliked the use of… …   Wikipedia

• Michal Viewegh — (born March 31, 1962, Prague) is one of the most popular contemporary Czech writers and the bestselling one. He writes about romantic relationships of his contemporaries with humour, and variously successful irony and attempts at deeper… …   Wikipedia

• Appendix Vergiliana — The Appendix Vergiliana is a collection of poems traditionally ascribed as juvenilia of Virgil, although it is likely that all the pieces are in fact spurious. Many were considered works of Virgil in antiquity, but it seems that they comprise a… …   Wikipedia

• Mark Crick — is a British photographer and author, best known for his literary parodies Kafka s Soup and Sartre s Sink, in which he presents recipes and DIY tips in the style of famous literary writers. Mark Crick is married to Fiona Simmons Crick[citation… …   Wikipedia

• Mérimée, Prosper — (1803 1870)    novelist, historian    Prosper Mérimée, best known for his lengthy and realistic, yet also fantastic, short stories, was born in Paris. Raised in a cultured milieu in the tradition of the enlightenment, he studied law, then entered …   France. A reference guide from Renaissance to the Present

• Frigyes Karinthy — (June 25, 1887 in Budapest – August 29, 1938 in Siófok) was a Hungarian author, playwright, poet, journalist, and translator. He was the first proponent of the six degrees of separation concept, in his 1929 short story, Chains ( Láncszemek ).… …   Wikipedia

• Bitten by the Tarantula and other writing — Julian MacLaren Ross s novella Bitten by the Tarantula (ISBN 0948238321) collected together with a selection of his short fiction, unfinished longer fiction, essays on cinema, essays on literature and book reviews, and his literary parodies …   Wikipedia