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 112
... mind , the gasping and panting after fame - and more . With such mystical correspondences in the universe and the little world of man , and between the two , the Aeolists are ready for mysteries and rites . Here Swift is on his own ...
... mind , the gasping and panting after fame - and more . With such mystical correspondences in the universe and the little world of man , and between the two , the Aeolists are ready for mysteries and rites . Here Swift is on his own ...
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... mind ready to receive particular images , according to its disposition , will find them , and grotesque combinations of them , available in the ambient airs ( 4.722-822 ) . Now , as to sex , for that instinct most obviously victim of ...
... mind ready to receive particular images , according to its disposition , will find them , and grotesque combinations of them , available in the ambient airs ( 4.722-822 ) . Now , as to sex , for that instinct most obviously victim of ...
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... mind , I will not enquire ; perhaps a sullen and surly speculator may think such performances rather the sport than the business of human reason . But it must be at least confessed , that to embellish the form of Nature is an innocent ...
... mind , I will not enquire ; perhaps a sullen and surly speculator may think such performances rather the sport than the business of human reason . But it must be at least confessed , that to embellish the form of Nature is an innocent ...
Contents
Prefatory Note 793 | 9 |
Reflections on Swift | 21 |
A Tale of a Tub | 83 |
Copyright | |
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