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In literature and the other arts, a genre of work that imitates the style of another work, usually with mocking or comic intent; it is similar to satire and distinguished from pastiche (in which the intent is homage rather than mockery).

The Greek dramatist Aristophanes parodied the dramatic styles of Aeschylus and Euripides in Frogs (405 BC), one of the earliest examples of the technique. One of the most successful recent examples is English writer Max Beerbohm's The Christmas Garland (1912), a series of Christmas stories in the style and spirit of various contemporary writers, notably that of US writer Henry James.

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