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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... parody , makes him hawk about for the grubs and busybodies who are his natural victims . At this point the worm turns , the parodied vulgarian becomes the radical individualist ; his energy and design are not to be put down . The ...
... parody , makes him hawk about for the grubs and busybodies who are his natural victims . At this point the worm turns , the parodied vulgarian becomes the radical individualist ; his energy and design are not to be put down . The ...
Page 115
... parodies of the Augus- tan universalizing inclination , must be seen as expressing a ten- dency in Swift himself . His ... parody and takes fire from the mad elaborations of metaphor so that catachresis is not only his liberation from ...
... parodies of the Augus- tan universalizing inclination , must be seen as expressing a ten- dency in Swift himself . His ... parody and takes fire from the mad elaborations of metaphor so that catachresis is not only his liberation from ...
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... parody of a parody . Swift's wit , delighting , in ambiguities , is at work here . In any event , it is to the travel book and its spinoff , the imaginary voyage , that the basic compositional features of the Travels may be said to owe ...
... parody of a parody . Swift's wit , delighting , in ambiguities , is at work here . In any event , it is to the travel book and its spinoff , the imaginary voyage , that the basic compositional features of the Travels may be said to owe ...
Contents
Prefatory Note 793 | 9 |
Reflections on Swift | 21 |
A Tale of a Tub | 83 |
Copyright | |
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