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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Page 103
... Erasmus knows that Folly's business is not to wither but encourage life . But Eras- mus's genial , humanistic ... Erasmus's Folly comes in the end to accept Paul's words : “ We are fools for Christ's sake " and " Let him that seems to be ...
... Erasmus knows that Folly's business is not to wither but encourage life . But Eras- mus's genial , humanistic ... Erasmus's Folly comes in the end to accept Paul's words : “ We are fools for Christ's sake " and " Let him that seems to be ...
Page 253
... Erasmus as well as the reader , whose criticisms are therefore disarmed on that count as well . The attack on follies and vices is at the same time an earnest moral sermon , a delightful entertainment , an exercise in intellectual ...
... Erasmus as well as the reader , whose criticisms are therefore disarmed on that count as well . The attack on follies and vices is at the same time an earnest moral sermon , a delightful entertainment , an exercise in intellectual ...
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... Erasmus and More had not preceded them . Erasmus and More enjoyed a securer sense of spiritual reality beside which the material world , though painfully actual , could finally be discounted . The attitude is not strictly that of ...
... Erasmus and More had not preceded them . Erasmus and More enjoyed a securer sense of spiritual reality beside which the material world , though painfully actual , could finally be discounted . The attitude is not strictly that of ...
Contents
Prefatory Note 793 | 9 |
Reflections on Swift | 21 |
A Tale of a Tub | 83 |
Copyright | |
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