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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... turns of life , life's little ( and not - so - little ) ironies , but the relative absence of Bate's " Augustan ... turn into something else " ( Samuel Johnson , p . 295 ) . It explains a great deal . The merely formal aspect of the ...
... turns of life , life's little ( and not - so - little ) ironies , but the relative absence of Bate's " Augustan ... turn into something else " ( Samuel Johnson , p . 295 ) . It explains a great deal . The merely formal aspect of the ...
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... turn up Trumps . His Eggs they are addle , and Dough was his Cake ; So fairly he left them to Brew as they Bake . ( LI . 37-40 ) This is the culmination of a quickfire display of verbal skill , involv- ing some outrageous puns . Within ...
... turn up Trumps . His Eggs they are addle , and Dough was his Cake ; So fairly he left them to Brew as they Bake . ( LI . 37-40 ) This is the culmination of a quickfire display of verbal skill , involv- ing some outrageous puns . Within ...
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... turn claims as the condition in which his most imaginative work is conceived is thus not a dignified Horatian choice ... turns his closeness to these writers and his remoteness from them . Erasmus and More must seem to stand together on ...
... turn claims as the condition in which his most imaginative work is conceived is thus not a dignified Horatian choice ... turns his closeness to these writers and his remoteness from them . Erasmus and More must seem to stand together on ...
Contents
Prefatory Note 793 | 9 |
Reflections on Swift | 21 |
A Tale of a Tub | 83 |
Copyright | |
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