EP.6 - Satire & Women

Smith & Waugh Talk About Satire · Sep 2, 2019 · 34m

Has satire ever really been a “man’s game”? Does satire work differently when written by women? Or when women are the targets? How is sexuality treated by satire? Adam and Jo are joined by Professor Karen Harvey (University of Birmingham) to talk about satire, sex and gender.

In this episode Jo & Adam & Karen talk about:

Alexander Pope (The Dunciad, “Essay on Man,” “The Discovery”)

Anne Radcliffe

Aphra Behn

“Eminent Ladies”

Esther Lewis (“A Mirror to Detractors”)

Frankie Boyle

George I

George III (and pooing in field)

Jonathan Swift (“The Lady’s Dressing Room,” “A Beautiful Young Nymph Goes…