Satire and the Transformation of GenreThis book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University of Pennsylvania Press rereleased more than 1,100 titles from Penn Press's distinguished backlist from 1899-1999 that had fallen out of print. Spanning an entire century, the Anniversary Collection offers peer-reviewed scholarship in a wide range of subject areas. |
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Page 140
... Gulliver's desire to remain among the Houyhnhnms contrasts with Odysseus ' indomitable will to return home . Gulliver's self - exile from wife and family , after his enforced return , contrasts even more markedly with Odysseus ...
... Gulliver's desire to remain among the Houyhnhnms contrasts with Odysseus ' indomitable will to return home . Gulliver's self - exile from wife and family , after his enforced return , contrasts even more markedly with Odysseus ...
Page 142
... Gulliver's having kept his powder dry after a shipwreck and long swim is as improbable , perhaps , as his landing on an island inhabited by tiny people . But even while indulging in such incredible fictions , Swift gives us his version ...
... Gulliver's having kept his powder dry after a shipwreck and long swim is as improbable , perhaps , as his landing on an island inhabited by tiny people . But even while indulging in such incredible fictions , Swift gives us his version ...
Page 148
... Gulliver's praise : “ You have clearly proved that Ignorance , Idleness , and Vice are the proper Ingredients for qualifying a Legislator ” ( 132 ) . In the king's brilliant mind , Gulliver's pane- gyric is turned to diatribe , and the ...
... Gulliver's praise : “ You have clearly proved that Ignorance , Idleness , and Vice are the proper Ingredients for qualifying a Legislator ” ( 132 ) . In the king's brilliant mind , Gulliver's pane- gyric is turned to diatribe , and the ...
Contents
The Simple Structures of Satire | 19 |
The Complex Structures of Satire | 69 |
Swift | 125 |
Copyright | |
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