by Belloc · Cluster: Familiar Essay · Paradox · The Common Man
Abstract
A sustained comic satire (1903) framed as a mock instruction manual for the modern hack, teaching the aspiring journalist how to review, interview, write political appeals and pad out prose for pay. Belloc lampoons Edwardian journalism, the cult of the ‘Anglo-Saxon’ Empire, and the pompous Nonconformist worthy Dr. Thomas Caliban through deadpan mock-biography.
Capitoli / Chapters
- PREFACE.
- THE PERSONAL PAR.
- THE TOPOGRAPHICAL ARTICLE.
- ON EDITING.
- SPECIAL PROSE.
- APPENDIX
- NOTE ON TITLES.
- NOTE ON STYLE.
- THE ODE.
- ON REMAINDERS AND PULPING.
Connections
Forms & Genres: Satire, Parody, Essay, Nonfiction Themes & Concepts: Satire of Society, Vulgarity, Hypocrisy, Fame and Publicity, Vanity, Money and Avarice, Economics, History Motifs: Book Reading, Letters and Writing, Money and Gold Historical References: Victorian England, Boer War, British Empire Settings: Rural England, London Archetypes: Corrupt Official Topoi: World Upside Down
Also relevant to: Self-Knowledge · Immortality · Self-Reliance