The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pages |
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... genius took shape . That the highly idiosyncratic character of this genius and its satiric manner of expression were in any way owing to rebellion against an oppressive environment and an unsympathetic master is flatly to be denied . It ...
... genius took shape . That the highly idiosyncratic character of this genius and its satiric manner of expression were in any way owing to rebellion against an oppressive environment and an unsympathetic master is flatly to be denied . It ...
Page 79
... genius , in some single men ' that counts , not the cultural heritage , which extinguishes rather than feeds the flame of genius . To the second point , that since the forces of nature are constant genius cannot grow less , Temple ...
... genius , in some single men ' that counts , not the cultural heritage , which extinguishes rather than feeds the flame of genius . To the second point , that since the forces of nature are constant genius cannot grow less , Temple ...
Page 276
... genius was not a seer ; he was one dis- tinguished from his fellows by his greater intellectual capacity , by his keener wit , and by his extraordinary voice . As we have previously seen , Swift's uncompromisingly hostile view of the ...
... genius was not a seer ; he was one dis- tinguished from his fellows by his greater intellectual capacity , by his keener wit , and by his extraordinary voice . As we have previously seen , Swift's uncompromisingly hostile view of the ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
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| Title | The Mind and Art of Jonathan Swift |
| Author | Ricardo Quintana |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press, 1936 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 13 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 398 pages |
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