plz tell me abt the all time best authors of english satire??

Answer 1

The list would have to feature Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope.

Answer 2

George Orwell- 1984 and Animal Farm
William Golding- Lord of the Flies
Jonathan Swift- Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal
Oscar Wilde- The Importance of Being Ernest
George Bernard Shaw- Pygmalion

Answer 3

If you come back, please define your question better by indicating if you mean English language satire or English satire.

If we were to include American, I'd say the Irving who wrote Ciderhouse Rules is satyrical. Anyone care to agree or differ? Why or why not?

I regret giving the answer of Salman Rushdie a thumbs down rating. On second thought I think if you allow for English language satire and not just English, you could certainly include him.

What about Paul Theroux? And who's the travel writer who used to do the art & culture essays for Time in the eighties and nineties, and now lives in Japan? He's part Indian, part something else. Great writer.

Answer 4

I was not certain if your question was about British satire or satiric lit written in English. Either way, I think the excerpt below from Wikipdeia helps. But, I would add a few names that seem to be conspicuously absent. Dryden and Pope have both written satiric poetry that is outstanding. But, in my opinion, aside from Swift (and American Mark Twain), the greatest satirists were Chaucer and Shakespeare. Chaucer is famous for The Canterbury Tales, which leaves no stone unturned in his mockery. And Shakespeare pokes fun at institutions, laws, human nature, and royalty like no one else!

From Wikipedia:
In western European literature, satire has been an accepted form of social commentary since the 5th century B.C., principally in the form of plays and poetry. Aristophanes, a Greek playwright, is one of the best known early satirists. Other prominent satirists from antiquity include Horace and Juvenal, who were active during the early days of the Roman Empire and are the two most influential Latin satirists. In Celtic societies, it was thought a bard's satire could have physical effects, similar to a curse.

There are few examples of satire from the Early Middle Ages; with the advent of the High Middle Ages and the birth of modern vernacular literature in the 12th century, it began to make a comeback. However, direct satire of public figures was rare and heavy use was made of allegories; literary figures were occasionally satirized, but rarely actual people or institutions.

More direct social commentary via satire did not return until the 16th century, when farcical texts such as the works of François Rabelais tackled more serious issues (and incurred the wrath of the crown as a result). But the greatest satirists emerged with the Age of Enlightenment, an intellectual movement in the 17th and 18th century advocating rationality. Here, astute and biting satire of institutions and individuals became a popular weapon. Foremost among these is Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), arguably the greatest prose satirist in the English language. John Dryden also wrote an influential essay on satire that helped fix its definition in the literary world. Ebenezer Cooke, author of "The Sot-Weed Factor," is thought by some to be the first American satirist to write in English; Benjamin Franklin and others followed, using satire to shape an emerging nation's cutlure through shaping its sense of the ridiculous.

In the 19th century, Mark Twain became the best-known American satirist, publishing satires in a variety of forms, including news satire and full-length books.

In the 20th century, satire has been used by authors such as Aldous Huxley and George Orwell to make serious and even frightening commentaries on the dangers of the sweeping social changes taking place throughout Europe

Answer 5

enufwork is correct.

Swift wrote A Modest Proposal, (which is classic satire.)

Pope wrote Peri Bathous, or the Art of Sinking in Poetry (1728), a parodic guide on how to write bad verse.

Henry Fielding is a satirist. (Tom Jones, for eg)

And Oscar Wilde (dripping with satire.)

Mark Twain is considered an American satirist.

Contemporary satirist Douglas Adams.
Weird Al Yankovick. You can't get any more satirical than Wierd Al.
Garry Trudeau (well, he does cartoons...doonesbury..but that's satire.)

That was fun. My brain is tired.

Answer 6

i think of that english is needed in all aspects of the international, when you consider that is a international language? What language do they use in UN generic assembly, IMF, each and every of the conferences? English. This exhibits a brilliant value of English. somewhat once you do business company, you would be challenged to artwork with human beings all international, from China, us of a of america, Asia Pacific, et cetera. What language would you employ? English returned. So, specific i've got confidence is an important asset in on the instant's international.

Answer 7

Vonnegut

Answer 8

Goerge Orwell(i have yet to read animal farm)
my answer is based only upon the one book of orwell i have read.
guess which one that was.

best to give wikipedia link considering its free for all.
long passages from wikepedia take too much space.

if you couldnt guess, it was 1984.

Answer 9

Salman Rushdie. Look carefully in his writings u'll find all characters related to historical and contemporary figures with a hint of "magic realism"

Answer 10

I really think it's Swift...