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101Scarron, Paul — (baptized July 4, 1610, Paris, France died Oct. 7, 1660, Paris) French writer. With his first works, Scarron helped make the burlesque a characteristic literary form of his time. Virgile travesty, 7 vol. (1648–53) was a very successful parody of… …
102parody — I noun amphigory, apery, buffoonery, burlesque, caricature, cartoon, comical representation, distortion, exaggeration, farce, imitation, lampoon, ludicrous imitation, mime, mimicry, mockery, mummery, pasquinade, ridicula imitatio, ridicule,… …
103Karl Ludwig Giesecke — Portrait of Karl Ludwig Giesecke by Sir Henry Raeburn, ca. 1813 Karl Ludwig Giesecke (6 April 1761 in Augsburg – 5 March 1833 in Dublin) was a German actor, librettist, polar explorer and mineralogist. In his youth he was called Johann Georg… …
104Climatic Research Unit documents — Main article: Climatic Research Unit email controversy The Hubert Lamb Building, University of East Anglia, where the Climatic Research Unit is based Climatic Research Unit documents including thousands of e mails and other documents were stolen… …
105Jefferson-Hemings controversy — Thomas Jefferson The Jefferson Hemings controversy concerns the question of whether there was an intimate relationship between Thomas Jefferson and his mixed race slave, Sally Hemings. The controversy started as early as the 1790s. While some… …
106Michael Catherwood — Psycho Mike Birth name Michael Dwight Catherwood Born March 15, 1979 (1979 03 15) (age 32) Los Angeles, California, United States Show Loveline Station(s) …
107News International phone hacking scandal — Rupert Murdoch, chairman and chief executive officer of News Corporation, the parent company of News International The News International phone hacking scandal is an ongoing controversy involving mainly the News of the World but also other… …
108caricature — I noun apery, cartoon, characterization, depiction, exaggerated likeness, exaggeration, farce, graphic treatment, grotesque portrayal, grotesque rendition, hyperbole, imitation, lampoon, mimicking, mimicry, mockery, overcoloring, overdrawing,… …
109distortion — I noun anamorphosis, camouflage, caricature, contortion, convolution, deception, deformation, deformity, disguise, disparity, disproportion, dissemblance, dissimilarity, dissimilitude, distortio, embroidery, enlargement, exaggeration, expansion,… …
110ridicule — I noun buffoonery, burlesque, caricature, chaff, contempt, derision, derisiveness, disdain, disparagement, disrespect, game, gibe, jeer, lampoonery, ludicrous representation, mimicry, mockery, pasquinade, raillery, ridiculum, sarcasm, satire,… …
