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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... Society for Eighteenth - Century Studies ( 1982–83 ) and the Johnson Society ( 1982 ) . JOHN TRAUGOTT is professor of English at the University of Califor- nia , Berkeley . He is the author of Tristram Shandy's World ( 1954 ) and has ...
... Society for Eighteenth - Century Studies ( 1982–83 ) and the Johnson Society ( 1982 ) . JOHN TRAUGOTT is professor of English at the University of Califor- nia , Berkeley . He is the author of Tristram Shandy's World ( 1954 ) and has ...
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... society up into fragments he can attack one by one . Plato's ideal society took as a matter of course the need for defense against aggression and he did not go so far as to envisage a state in which there might be no need for a trained ...
... society up into fragments he can attack one by one . Plato's ideal society took as a matter of course the need for defense against aggression and he did not go so far as to envisage a state in which there might be no need for a trained ...
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... society . Swift , comparing the narratives of real and fictional travelers as he must have done , would see what powers to mislead and to exploit could be acquired by such figures as Dam- pier on the one hand and Robinson Crusoe on the ...
... society . Swift , comparing the narratives of real and fictional travelers as he must have done , would see what powers to mislead and to exploit could be acquired by such figures as Dam- pier on the one hand and Robinson Crusoe on the ...
Contents
Prefatory Note 793 | 9 |
Reflections on Swift | 21 |
A Tale of a Tub | 83 |
Copyright | |
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