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 120
... interesting truths about the human condition . It is to his abandonment of the " common forms " that we owe his fool's voice and his extravagant fictions . " Now , I would gladly be informed , how it is possible to account for such ...
... interesting truths about the human condition . It is to his abandonment of the " common forms " that we owe his fool's voice and his extravagant fictions . " Now , I would gladly be informed , how it is possible to account for such ...
Page 125
... interesting thing , said Sherburn ; Swift himself was conventional and orthodox . In the past three dec- ades , academic criticism has indeed followed Sherburn's strictures , endeavoring to remove questions of his personality from ...
... interesting thing , said Sherburn ; Swift himself was conventional and orthodox . In the past three dec- ades , academic criticism has indeed followed Sherburn's strictures , endeavoring to remove questions of his personality from ...
Page 233
... interesting but more or less concealed incident . If the action is trifling , the writer cautious , and the recip- ient solemn , the product can become so elaborately framed and " distanced " that it bores even the expert scholar . If ...
... interesting but more or less concealed incident . If the action is trifling , the writer cautious , and the recip- ient solemn , the product can become so elaborately framed and " distanced " that it bores even the expert scholar . If ...
Contents
Prefatory Note 793 | 9 |
Reflections on Swift | 21 |
A Tale of a Tub | 83 |
Copyright | |
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