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 173
... play of word and idea ; they are all surface , and the softening of their abusive force is a sign of their resistance to the moral or didactic intention Swift probably had in writing them . Different in tone , then , as it is from these ...
... play of word and idea ; they are all surface , and the softening of their abusive force is a sign of their resistance to the moral or didactic intention Swift probably had in writing them . Different in tone , then , as it is from these ...
Page 177
... play discovers its accord with an intensely ethical purpose . This accord is not easily attained or easily defined , because , as we have come to understand , the play of Swift's irony never allows him or his reader to settle with assur ...
... play discovers its accord with an intensely ethical purpose . This accord is not easily attained or easily defined , because , as we have come to understand , the play of Swift's irony never allows him or his reader to settle with assur ...
Page 178
... play is his personal signature certainly , but it disengages him from any deeply felt ethical or didactic purpose , so we miss that much of him . On the other hand , scattered throughout the body of his verse are Swift's plainest as ...
... play is his personal signature certainly , but it disengages him from any deeply felt ethical or didactic purpose , so we miss that much of him . On the other hand , scattered throughout the body of his verse are Swift's plainest as ...
Contents
Prefatory Note 793 | 9 |
Reflections on Swift | 21 |
A Tale of a Tub | 83 |
Copyright | |
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