Literary notes about pasquinade (AI summary)
In literature, the term pasquinade is employed to denote a sharp, often satirical lampoon that critiques political regimes, public figures, or prevailing social norms. It is portrayed as an anonymous, biting piece—sometimes affixed to public monuments or posted on city walls—that mocks authority and highlights hypocrisy, as seen in a politically tinged lampoon against the Whigs ([1]) or a comparison of a tyrannical reign to that of Nero ([2]). At times it takes on a broader cultural function, serving as a vehicle for scandalous repartee in public spaces and printed broadsides, thereby reinforcing its reputation as a vehicle for unrestrained satire and irreverence ([3], [4]).
- [355] Probably some pasquinade against the Whigs, then current in the university.
— from The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 10 by John Dryden - A pasquinade, comparing his reign to that of Nero, was affixed to the palace gate.
— from History of the Intellectual Development of Europe, Volume I (of 2)Revised Edition by John William Draper - A pasquinade printed as a broadside and stuck up in New York city.
— from Poems of American History - A pasquinade was originally an anonymous lampoon affixed to a statue of a gladiator which still stands in Rome.
— from The Romance of Words (4th ed.) by Ernest Weekley
