Jesting in Earnest: Percival Everett and Menippean Satire

Percival Everett is a distinguished professor of English who has written over thirty books on various subjects and genres. Derek C. Maus suggests analyzing Everett's work through the framework of Menippean satire, which focuses on faulty modes of thinking to justify corruption, violence, and bigotry. Maus critically examines fourteen of Everett's novels and shorter works through this lens, highlighting how it supports Everett's aim of stimulating thoughtful interpretation.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 192 pages
\n Publication date: 28 January 2019
\n Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
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Percival Everett, a distinguished professor of English at the University of Southern California, has written over thirty books on a diverse range of subjects and genres. His literary achievements include the American Academy of Arts and Letters Literature Award, the Huston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction, the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Fiction, and the Dos Passos Prize in Literature. Derek C. Maus suggests that the most effective way to understand Everett's diverse body of work is through the lens of Menippean satire, which targets flawed modes of thinking, particularly the willful ignorance and bad faith that are employed to justify corruption, violence, and bigotry. In Jesting in Earnest, Maus critically analyzes fourteen of Everett's novels and several of his shorter works through the prism of Menippean satire, focusing on how it contributes to Everett's overarching goal of promoting thoughtful interpretation that is free from conventional assumptions and pre-conceived notions.

Percival Everett, a distinguished professor of English at the University of Southern California, has written over thirty books on a diverse range of subjects and genres. His literary achievements include the American Academy of Arts and Letters Literature Award, the Huston/Wright Legacy Award for Fiction, the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Fiction, and the Dos Passos Prize in Literature. Derek C. Maus suggests that the most effective way to understand Everett's diverse body of work is through the lens of Menippean satire, which targets flawed modes of thinking, particularly the willful ignorance and bad faith that are employed to justify corruption, violence, and bigotry. In Jesting in Earnest, Maus critically analyzes fourteen of Everett's novels and several of his shorter works through the prism of Menippean satire, focusing on how it contributes to Everett's overarching goal of promoting thoughtful interpretation that is free from conventional assumptions and pre-conceived notions.

\n Weight: 436g\n
Dimension: 159 x 235 x 19 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781611179620\n \n