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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... notion of madness as a state where reason is subdued by fantasy . Swift's words have a zany violence absent in Johnson's definition . Swift's emphasis is satirical , rather than soberly and compassionately de- scriptive . And Swift is ...
... notion of madness as a state where reason is subdued by fantasy . Swift's words have a zany violence absent in Johnson's definition . Swift's emphasis is satirical , rather than soberly and compassionately de- scriptive . And Swift is ...
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... notion of a social compromise with morality ( " a Sort of com- pounding between Virtue and Vice " ) , and the way ... notion of job incentives for the virtuous to the notion that it is better to employ virtuous than able men is a fairly ...
... notion of a social compromise with morality ( " a Sort of com- pounding between Virtue and Vice " ) , and the way ... notion of job incentives for the virtuous to the notion that it is better to employ virtuous than able men is a fairly ...
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... notions of all mankind exactly to the same length and breadth as their own ( according to Swift's simplistic notion of them , which ignores their pre - eminent good sense and reasonableness ) . The caricature of Lucretius would seem to ...
... notions of all mankind exactly to the same length and breadth as their own ( according to Swift's simplistic notion of them , which ignores their pre - eminent good sense and reasonableness ) . The caricature of Lucretius would seem to ...
Contents
Prefatory Note 793 | 9 |
Reflections on Swift | 21 |
A Tale of a Tub | 83 |
Copyright | |
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