Restoration libertinism. Using laughter against fanaticism and vice. Satire used for personal or political invective (sõim) was impolite. Politeness called satirist to use weapons against not some person but against vice in general. This was opinion of Addison and Steele. In practice, largely ignored. Satire was based on the events and personalities of the moment. Parody was central to its working. Contrasting ideas, values, principles, attitudes, style, identities. Vehicles: mock-panegyric (kiidukõne), mock-heroic, the burlesque and travesty as well as simple imitation. Generally free use of conversational language, humour, vividness, concreteness of description, topical subjects, general intention of improving society by exposing its vices and follies. Jonathan Swift: combined parody, with its imitation of form and style and satire in prose; technique to create fictional speaker (Gulliver), utter sentiments which intelligent reader recognises as self-satisfied,
consider them as proceeding from a rapidity of thought and carelessness of execution, which, if not estimable, you think at least highly interesting. The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance. When you told Mrs. Bennet this morning that if you ever resolved upon quitting Netherfield you should be gone in five minutes, you meant it to be a sort of panegyric, of compliment to yourself--and yet what is there so very laudable in a precipitance which must leave very necessary business undone, and can be of no real advantage to yourself or anyone else?" "Nay," cried Bingley, "this is too much, to remember at night all the foolish things that were said in the morning. And yet, upon my honour, I believe what I said of myself to be true, and I believe it at this moment. At least, therefore, I did not assume the character of
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