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Political satire novels (7 P) G. Gulliver's Travels (2 C, 17 P) Pages in category "Political satire books" The following 40 pages are in this category, out of 40 total.
The political messages of American children's author and cartoonist Theodor Seuss Geisel, best known as Dr. Seuss, are found in many of his books. Seuss was a liberal and a moralist who expressed his views in his books through the use of ridicule, satire, wordplay, nonsense words, and wild drawings to take aim at bullies, hypocrites, and ...
A marked departure from his previous book, the popular Portnoy's Complaint, Our Gang is a political satire written in the form of a closet drama. Centered on the character of "Trick E. Dixon", a caricature of then-President Richard Nixon, the book takes its cue from an actual quote from Nixon:
Henry M. Littlefield (June 12, 1933 – March 30, 2000) was an American educator, author and historian most notable for his claim that L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz was a political satire, founding a long tradition of political interpretations of this book.
Taylor, Quentin P. "Money and politics in the land of Oz" The Independent Review (Winter 2004/05) online, detailed analysis of why it is a parable by a professor of history and political science at Rogers State University,. Velde, Francois R. (2002). "Following the Yellow Brick Road: How the United States Adopted the Gold Standard" (PDF).
Politically Correct Bedtime Stories: Modern Tales for Our Life and Times is a 1994 book written by American writer James Finn Garner, in which Garner satirizes the trend toward political correctness and censorship of children's literature, with an emphasis on humour and parody. [1]
In November, a chasm opened in the middle of one of the most popular online reading spaces. It started after the election, as political chatter bled into BookTok. On one side of the app, readers ...
His first bestselling novel, The White House Mess, published in 1986, was a satire on White House office politics and political memoirs. In 1989, Malcolm S. Forbes hired Buckley to start up a supplement to Forbes magazine. Buckley was editor-in-chief of Forbes FYI, later Forbes Life, from 1990 to 2007. His 20 books have been published in 16 ...