Description:  Critical Insights: Satire examines the ways satire has appeared as a significant approach to literature from many different times and cultures. This volume analyzes the ways in which satire has been used in literature to expose and criticize different cultures and societies. Satire is one of the oldest, most common, and most important literary genres. Famous works of satire have been written from classical times to the present day. This volume not only explores various particular works of satire, including the classics Nineteen Eighty-Four and Gulliver’s Travels but also examines Satire as satirical works and roles that satire has played in human culture.