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This study acknowledges the influence of certain classical authors, especially Lucian, on the revival of Menippean form in the Renaissance, and also seeks to explain the popularity of the Menippean satire by other means. Among the works discussed are Rabelais's Tiers livre, Nashe's Lenten Stuff, and Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy.Blanchard, W. Scott is the author of 'Scholars' Bedlam Menippean Satire in the Renaissance' with ISBN 9780838752814 and ISBN 0838752810.
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