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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... death on 1 August 1714. Bolingbroke fled to the Conti- nent , Oxford was imprisoned in the Tower ( Swift did not know of a correspondence both men had secretly conducted with the Pre- tender ) . Swift retired to his Deanery in Dublin in ...
... death on 1 August 1714. Bolingbroke fled to the Conti- nent , Oxford was imprisoned in the Tower ( Swift did not know of a correspondence both men had secretly conducted with the Pre- tender ) . Swift retired to his Deanery in Dublin in ...
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... death , a series of accidents pre- vented its publication until it was too late . Oxford was finally dismissed on 27 July , but Bolingbroke's triumph was curtailed by the death of the Queen on 1 August . Later the same month , Swift ...
... death , a series of accidents pre- vented its publication until it was too late . Oxford was finally dismissed on 27 July , but Bolingbroke's triumph was curtailed by the death of the Queen on 1 August . Later the same month , Swift ...
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... death . His first attempt ( which survives in a manuscript dated 9 August 1714 ) was " Some Considerations upon the Consequences Hoped and Feared from the Death of the Queen " ( Works , 8 : 101–4 ) , a fragmentary sketch largely ...
... death . His first attempt ( which survives in a manuscript dated 9 August 1714 ) was " Some Considerations upon the Consequences Hoped and Feared from the Death of the Queen " ( Works , 8 : 101–4 ) , a fragmentary sketch largely ...
Contents
Prefatory Note 793 | 9 |
Reflections on Swift | 21 |
A Tale of a Tub | 83 |
Copyright | |
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