Menippean

English + satire Etymology From en w:Menippus ean. Adjective Of or relating to the Ancient Greek cynic parodist and polemicist Menippus (3rd century BCE). en literature Of or relating to a form of satire, usually in prose, which has a length and structure similar to a novel and is characterized by attacking mental attitudes instead of specific individuals. en Varronian en 1997 Eric McLuhan The Role of Thunder in Finnegans Wake w:University of Toronto Press https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Q3dyExo_y7AC&pg=PR10&dq=%22more%7Cmost+Menippean%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjvo4Ga4tz7AhWW1TgGHVTTDbAQ6AF6BAhUEAI#v=onepage&q=%22more%7Cmost%20Menippean%22&f=false x Without a doubt, the most unusual, the most conspicuous, and the most Menippean feature of the curious verbal landscape of Finnegans Wake is the ten 'thunderclaps.' en 2011 Mark Somos Secularisation and the Leiden Circle https://books.google.com.au/books?id=8-J5DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA249&dq=%22more%7Cmost+Menippean%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjvo4Ga4tz7AhWW1TgGHVTTDbAQ6AF6BAhWEAI#v=onepage&q=%22more%7Cmost%20Menippean%22&f=false 249 BRILL The most Menippean of these were written by John Harington of Kelston, who was first banished from court for his 1596 Metamorphosis of Ajax (a satire against the Earl of Leicester and a pun on 'a jakes,' the first flushing toilet in Britain, of Harington's own design), followed by An anatomie of the metamorphosed Ajax, and Ulysses upon Ajax. en 2019 Amy L. Friedman Postcolonial Satire: Indian Fiction and the Reimagining of Menippean Satire Rowman & Littlefield (Lexington Books) https://books.google.com.au/books?id=DZmzDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA128&dq=%22more%7Cmost+Menippean%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjvo4Ga4tz7AhWW1TgGHVTTDbAQ6AF6BAhQEAI#v=onepage&q=%22more%7Cmost%20Menippean%22&f=false 128 Salman Rushdie's new work of 2017, his novel The Golden House, is not just a Menippean satire; it is a novel about Menippean satire. en 2021 J. Douglas Canfield Tricksters and Estates w:University Press of Kentucky https://books.google.com.au/books?id=geQzEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT286&dq=%22more%7Cmost+Menippean%22&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjvo4Ga4tz7AhWW1TgGHVTTDbAQ6AF6BAhlEAI#v=onepage&q=%22more%7Cmost%20Menippean%22&f=false unnumbered However plausible such arguments, I should like respectfully to disagree. My position is closer to that of Dustin Griffin in his recent book—that the ludic is inherent in satire, especially the more menippean kind. Usage notes In the classical context, the term distinguishes Menippus' style of satire from the earlier style pioneered by Aristophanes, which was based on personal attacks. The term is used by classical grammarians and by philologists mostly to refer to satires in prose (compare en Juvenalian). Related terms en Menippea Anagrams en aeeimnnpp panipenem en eponyms