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 62
... witness the beatification of this same king : Thither the King drew nigh , and kneeling he drank of the water . Oh , what a change was wrought ! In the semblance of age he had risen , Such as at last he appeared , with the traces of ...
... witness the beatification of this same king : Thither the King drew nigh , and kneeling he drank of the water . Oh , what a change was wrought ! In the semblance of age he had risen , Such as at last he appeared , with the traces of ...
Page 91
... witness is begun early and developed to a climax . He is , first , the " Arch - Attestor for the Publick Good " ( 640 ) . False testimony ironically dignifies his entire lineage : Who ever ask'd the Witnesses high race , Whose Oath with ...
... witness is begun early and developed to a climax . He is , first , the " Arch - Attestor for the Publick Good " ( 640 ) . False testimony ironically dignifies his entire lineage : Who ever ask'd the Witnesses high race , Whose Oath with ...
Page 92
... witness is Common Name to all " ( 681 ) , sums up his contribution . He has trans- formed the name of witness , whether to an alleged crime or the truth of God's word , to a reproach . In doing so , he has erected a monument of himself ...
... witness is Common Name to all " ( 681 ) , sums up his contribution . He has trans- formed the name of witness , whether to an alleged crime or the truth of God's word , to a reproach . In doing so , he has erected a monument of himself ...
Contents
The Simple Structures of Satire | 19 |
The Complex Structures of Satire | 69 |
Swift | 125 |
Copyright | |
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