The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftMethuen, 1953 - 400 pages |
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Page 95
... satire is here raised to a degree of sheer brilliance certainly unequalled by even the greatest of Swift's later compositions , and possibly by any other work of satire . This effect is the result both of artistic execution and of ...
... satire is here raised to a degree of sheer brilliance certainly unequalled by even the greatest of Swift's later compositions , and possibly by any other work of satire . This effect is the result both of artistic execution and of ...
Page 297
... satire of this sort - satire without an arrière - pensée - there is in Gulliver's Travels one does not perceive until he sets out to look for it . The imaginary voyage , however , has lent itself equally well to satire of a much higher ...
... satire of this sort - satire without an arrière - pensée - there is in Gulliver's Travels one does not perceive until he sets out to look for it . The imaginary voyage , however , has lent itself equally well to satire of a much higher ...
Page 316
... satiric fragments for which no place had been found in the other three parts . The satire on the pro- jectors he took over from his Martinus Scriblerus papers , while into his account of the Flying Island he wove several passages full ...
... satiric fragments for which no place had been found in the other three parts . The satire on the pro- jectors he took over from his Martinus Scriblerus papers , while into his account of the Flying Island he wove several passages full ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
YEARS OF ACTIVITY AND SUSPENSE | 101 |
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