The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftMethuen, 1953 - 400 pages |
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... century , had been given con- summate expression in England in the writings of Hobbes . It was the highly ... century came , for many reasons , to play a major rĂ´le in ethics and literature . It is the seventeenth century that speaks in ...
... century , had been given con- summate expression in England in the writings of Hobbes . It was the highly ... century came , for many reasons , to play a major rĂ´le in ethics and literature . It is the seventeenth century that speaks in ...
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... century and illustrated in Swift , which describes human nature as a dualism of reason and the lower faculties , and morality as the triumph of reason . This ethical position , however , did not occupy the field to the total exclusion ...
... century and illustrated in Swift , which describes human nature as a dualism of reason and the lower faculties , and morality as the triumph of reason . This ethical position , however , did not occupy the field to the total exclusion ...
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... century and of the eighteenth century is never thrust for- ward , but this does not mean that it has been excluded . It would be regrettable if Swift's heresy regarding the artistic imagination were given a general application to his ...
... century and of the eighteenth century is never thrust for- ward , but this does not mean that it has been excluded . It would be regrettable if Swift's heresy regarding the artistic imagination were given a general application to his ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
YEARS OF ACTIVITY AND SUSPENSE | 101 |
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