Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Preface vii
4. Acknowledgements xi
5. List of figures xiii
6. 1. Introduction 1
7. 2. Linguistic approaches to humour 15
8. 3. Literary-critical approaches to satirical humour 47
9. 4. Satire as discourse 69
10. 5. Ways of doing satire 111
11. 6. Satirical uptake 153
12. 7. When satire goes wrong 187
13. 8. Analysing satire as discourse 211
14. References 221