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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... fact , as there might be in Chaucer or Dickens , only a partially different response to the fact once noted . Though no unqualified admirer of Swift , Johnson significantly praised the Project , objecting only that , like many projects ...
... fact , as there might be in Chaucer or Dickens , only a partially different response to the fact once noted . Though no unqualified admirer of Swift , Johnson significantly praised the Project , objecting only that , like many projects ...
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... fact , this section begs all the important questions , for the situations that Swift there " supposes ” turn out to be the very ones the Conduct is about . Laying down a few self- evident truths about the wars from 1066 to 1688 , Swift ...
... fact , this section begs all the important questions , for the situations that Swift there " supposes ” turn out to be the very ones the Conduct is about . Laying down a few self- evident truths about the wars from 1066 to 1688 , Swift ...
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... fact that one of the candi- dates opposing Colt in the hotly contested Westminster election , occasioning this ballad , was a brewer named Cross . Swift alerted his friends in Ireland to the fact that the poem was " full of puns " ; he ...
... fact that one of the candi- dates opposing Colt in the hotly contested Westminster election , occasioning this ballad , was a brewer named Cross . Swift alerted his friends in Ireland to the fact that the poem was " full of puns " ; he ...
Contents
Prefatory Note 793 | 9 |
Reflections on Swift | 21 |
A Tale of a Tub | 83 |
Copyright | |
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