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Invective (from
Middle English invectif, or Old
French and Late
Latin invectus) is abusive, or
insulting language used to
express blame or censure; or...
- The
Lexicon of
Musical Invective is an
American musicological work by
Nicolas Slonimsky. It was
first published in 1953, and a second, revised, and expanded...
- "
Invective Against Swans" is a poem by
Wallace Stevens from his
first book of poetry,
Harmonium (1923).
Invective against Swans The soul, O ganders, flies...
- the
Thesaurus of
Scales and
Melodic Patterns and the
Lexicon of
Musical Invective, and
edited Baker's
Biographical Dictionary of Musicians.
Slonimsky was...
- well-nigh
infamous even in his own time for his fierce,
sometimes obscene,
invectives against faithless friends (e.g.,
Catullus 12,
Catullus 16, and Catullus...
- Pe****,
Roger (2003). "Oration 4:
First Invective Against Julian". Pe****,
Roger (2003). "Oration 5:
Second Invective Against Julian". Wright,
Wilmer (1923)...
- society. ... He
combined a
vivid writing style filled with
Menckenesque invective, with an
unbridled love of controversy.
Under Scanlan, the
Tablet became...
- 1840.
Giraldus Cambriensis [Gerald of Wales]. "De
Inuectionibus [On
Invectives], Vol. II, Ch. I, in Y Cymmrodor: The
Magazine of the
Honourable Society...
- the form of a
comparison with
another person, an epilogue, or a prayer.
Invective opposes commonplace. It
attacks a specific,
named individual, usually...
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characterized by the use of irony, sarcasm,
moral indignation and
personal invective, with less
emphasis on humor.
Strongly polarized political satire can...
