Satire: Origin, Definition, Features and Examples

THE SATIRE Origin The satire is of classical origin. Its chief exponents in Latin Literature were Horace, Perseus and Juvenal. They were initiated in Europe. They set the model for Elizabethan and Augustan Satire in England. In English literature, a satire is unpolished verse. It may be defined as a literary composition whose principal aim โ€ฆ Read more