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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... Virtue , " by insisting on moral virtue as a precondition of pro- fessional preferment , and by appointing censors to watch over the moral behavior of public officials , the morality of plays , and the religious orthodoxy of published ...
... Virtue , " by insisting on moral virtue as a precondition of pro- fessional preferment , and by appointing censors to watch over the moral behavior of public officials , the morality of plays , and the religious orthodoxy of published ...
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... virtue , especially ordinary virtue : this principle has not deterred such au- thors as Spenser or Bunyan , for example , from undertaking a direct presentation of virtue in their most ambitious imaginative works ( nor has it led them ...
... virtue , especially ordinary virtue : this principle has not deterred such au- thors as Spenser or Bunyan , for example , from undertaking a direct presentation of virtue in their most ambitious imaginative works ( nor has it led them ...
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... virtue- " You to whose Care so oft I owe , / That I'm alive to tell you so . " The extravagant plea these lines make is that Stella demonstrate , now when such a test is most difficult , that her life of virtue is not vitiated by the ...
... virtue- " You to whose Care so oft I owe , / That I'm alive to tell you so . " The extravagant plea these lines make is that Stella demonstrate , now when such a test is most difficult , that her life of virtue is not vitiated by the ...
Contents
Prefatory Note 793 | 9 |
Reflections on Swift | 21 |
A Tale of a Tub | 83 |
Copyright | |
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