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 83
... seem pointless and fatuous . Irony is , after all , a conspiracy of the elite ; the reader would seem to have a right to expect from the ironist some regard for class solidarity . Swift seems to delight , however , in leaving the reader ...
... seem pointless and fatuous . Irony is , after all , a conspiracy of the elite ; the reader would seem to have a right to expect from the ironist some regard for class solidarity . Swift seems to delight , however , in leaving the reader ...
Page 102
... seems exactly right to describe quite literally the pleasure men find in their own bowels . Such mad correspondences ... seem such brilliant justification for the parallel between Jehovah and Louis XIV . " On the birth of the Dauphin ...
... seems exactly right to describe quite literally the pleasure men find in their own bowels . Such mad correspondences ... seem such brilliant justification for the parallel between Jehovah and Louis XIV . " On the birth of the Dauphin ...
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... seems aesthetic and philosophical nonsense to expect , as did Sherburn , that a writer's art and mind can be understood apart from his personality . Where else but from the personality can art come ? I have listed the three works that seem ...
... seems aesthetic and philosophical nonsense to expect , as did Sherburn , that a writer's art and mind can be understood apart from his personality . Where else but from the personality can art come ? I have listed the three works that seem ...
Contents
Prefatory Note 793 | 9 |
Reflections on Swift | 21 |
A Tale of a Tub | 83 |
Copyright | |
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