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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... fool and that fool in himself . By reducing the world to a playhouse and the playhouse to a set of masks that the maskers gladly accept in lieu of their real selves , Erasmus's Folly comes in the end to accept Paul's words : “ We are fools ...
... fool and that fool in himself . By reducing the world to a playhouse and the playhouse to a set of masks that the maskers gladly accept in lieu of their real selves , Erasmus's Folly comes in the end to accept Paul's words : “ We are fools ...
Page 104
... fool who " creams off nature , " who teaches the use of " artificial mediums , false lights , refracted angles , varnish and tinsel . " That one must play the fool to whip the dog truth out from its kennel when Lady the brach may stand ...
... fool who " creams off nature , " who teaches the use of " artificial mediums , false lights , refracted angles , varnish and tinsel . " That one must play the fool to whip the dog truth out from its kennel when Lady the brach may stand ...
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... fool's truth about the human condition told in the cata- chresis and fantasy of the parody . It is useless to try to rationalize these divided aims ; they represent a divided soul in Swift . His allegiance to Augustan decorums and to ...
... fool's truth about the human condition told in the cata- chresis and fantasy of the parody . It is useless to try to rationalize these divided aims ; they represent a divided soul in Swift . His allegiance to Augustan decorums and to ...
Contents
Prefatory Note 793 | 9 |
Reflections on Swift | 21 |
A Tale of a Tub | 83 |
Copyright | |
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