The Character of Swift's Satire: A Revised FocusClaude Julien Rawson The nature, style, and targets of Swift's witty, biting, and sometimes violent satire are critically investigated in this collection of essays. They portray Swift's social criticism in the light of his involvement in the politics of Anglo-Irish relations, and trace his literary roots, describing his connection with the Renaissance and studying his use of cliches and rhetoric. |
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... of what he thought in any case an unnatural talent , especially so as the working out of the metaphor concludes with an adaptation of Donne's compass image that Johnson singles out for special contempt . Swift's joke A Tale of a Tub 109.
... of what he thought in any case an unnatural talent , especially so as the working out of the metaphor concludes with an adaptation of Donne's compass image that Johnson singles out for special contempt . Swift's joke A Tale of a Tub 109.
Page 323
... Donne and say that Johnson could be as personal as he pleased because he could be as impersonal as he pleased : he could introduce his own experience and his own mixed and fallible human nature into his public prose without any ...
... Donne and say that Johnson could be as personal as he pleased because he could be as impersonal as he pleased : he could introduce his own experience and his own mixed and fallible human nature into his public prose without any ...
Page 336
... Donne , John , 108–10 , 309 , 323 Chesterfield , earl of ( Philip Dormer Donoghue , Denis , 278 , 329–30 Chetwode , Knightley , 211–12 Christ , 103 , 257-58 Churchod , Suzanne , 318 Cicero , 74 , 229 , 306 , 324 Clarendon , earl of ...
... Donne , John , 108–10 , 309 , 323 Chesterfield , earl of ( Philip Dormer Donoghue , Denis , 278 , 329–30 Chetwode , Knightley , 211–12 Christ , 103 , 257-58 Churchod , Suzanne , 318 Cicero , 74 , 229 , 306 , 324 Clarendon , earl of ...
Contents
Prefatory Note 793 | 9 |
Reflections on Swift | 21 |
A Tale of a Tub | 83 |
Copyright | |
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