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 109
... suggests the mad train of thought that , ransacking Lucretius and Descartes , spicing the olio with odd bits from scholastic phi- losophy and Scripture , yoked illustrations , comparisons , and allu- sions into the grand conceptual ...
... suggests the mad train of thought that , ransacking Lucretius and Descartes , spicing the olio with odd bits from scholastic phi- losophy and Scripture , yoked illustrations , comparisons , and allu- sions into the grand conceptual ...
Page 157
... suggests , and was meant to suggest , Prot- estants and Papists combined ” ; and he argues that the explicit dis- avowal of any such intention in the text of the Swift and the Anglo - Irish Tradition 157.
... suggests , and was meant to suggest , Prot- estants and Papists combined ” ; and he argues that the explicit dis- avowal of any such intention in the text of the Swift and the Anglo - Irish Tradition 157.
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... suggest one explanation of Swift's attitude , and this only because I think it throws some light on the de- velopment of ... suggests that the later Swift accepted the reason - passion antithesis hook , line , and sinker , espe- cially ...
... suggest one explanation of Swift's attitude , and this only because I think it throws some light on the de- velopment of ... suggests that the later Swift accepted the reason - passion antithesis hook , line , and sinker , espe- cially ...
Contents
Prefatory Note 793 | 9 |
Reflections on Swift | 21 |
A Tale of a Tub | 83 |
Copyright | |
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