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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... example of the instinct to kill , of one ego to absorb another , " For what man , in the natural state or course of ... examples of men " in the natural state or course of thinking " are nowhere to be found . Rather , the world is a ...
... example of the instinct to kill , of one ego to absorb another , " For what man , in the natural state or course of ... examples of men " in the natural state or course of thinking " are nowhere to be found . Rather , the world is a ...
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... example of ( among many others ) Sir William Temple , whose Introduction to the History of England ( 1695 ) contains an indirect defense of William III in its sympathetic account of William I. Swift , however , drew his parallels not ...
... example of ( among many others ) Sir William Temple , whose Introduction to the History of England ( 1695 ) contains an indirect defense of William III in its sympathetic account of William I. Swift , however , drew his parallels not ...
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... example , in the grand simplicity and directness of his address in the Drapier's Letters . Here , committed to the fiction or the pretense or the hope that his readership stands on the same ethical and cognitive ground as the writer ...
... example , in the grand simplicity and directness of his address in the Drapier's Letters . Here , committed to the fiction or the pretense or the hope that his readership stands on the same ethical and cognitive ground as the writer ...
Contents
Prefatory Note 793 | 9 |
Reflections on Swift | 21 |
A Tale of a Tub | 83 |
Copyright | |
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