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 95
... force and vitality of the Spider's personality , the way in which accent and posture call up a radical individualism , perfect in ego , of demonic energy and end- less design . So far as the Battle of the Books is concerned , one could ...
... force and vitality of the Spider's personality , the way in which accent and posture call up a radical individualism , perfect in ego , of demonic energy and end- less design . So far as the Battle of the Books is concerned , one could ...
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... force of his character as against the more private energies of a personality that pulls against it . To be adequate to Stella now means to realize the posi- tive identity he most fully experiences as her poet . What , then , is the ...
... force of his character as against the more private energies of a personality that pulls against it . To be adequate to Stella now means to realize the posi- tive identity he most fully experiences as her poet . What , then , is the ...
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... force . Taking human nature for granted he is in this sense as realistic as More in the Utopia , or perhaps more so . Plato and More acknowledge that their ideal societies depend on military as well as ideological strength if they are ...
... force . Taking human nature for granted he is in this sense as realistic as More in the Utopia , or perhaps more so . Plato and More acknowledge that their ideal societies depend on military as well as ideological strength if they are ...
Contents
Prefatory Note 793 | 9 |
Reflections on Swift | 21 |
A Tale of a Tub | 83 |
Copyright | |
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