Jonathan SwiftNorthcote House, 2004 - 114 páginas The book's focus is the major satires upon which Swift's literary reputation principally rests, including A Tale of a Tub, Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal and the infamous scatological poems. Swift was the greatest prose satirist in the English language and this critical analysis highlights the extremism of Swiftian satire and its off-the-page menaces. |
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... Gulliver is gullible and wrong to have admired the Houyhnhnms , who are not a positive in the satire.16 I share the view of many critics that this is reading against the grain of the text . Even if we try to view Gulliver as a ...
... Gulliver is gullible and wrong to have admired the Houyhnhnms , who are not a positive in the satire.16 I share the view of many critics that this is reading against the grain of the text . Even if we try to view Gulliver as a ...
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... Gulliver that appear in the octavo edition of Swift's Works published by George Faulkner in 1735 ( where Gulliver is Swift without the wig and wearing a raffish kerchief rather than a clerical collar ) , there are sometimes strong ...
... Gulliver that appear in the octavo edition of Swift's Works published by George Faulkner in 1735 ( where Gulliver is Swift without the wig and wearing a raffish kerchief rather than a clerical collar ) , there are sometimes strong ...
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... Gulliver . The Houyhnhnm master even becomes awkwardly ' human ' for Gulliver's sake : Houyhnhnms are not supposed to lie , but the Houyhnhnm master conceals the truth about Gulliver wearing clothes when Gulliver asks him to do so ( iv ...
... Gulliver . The Houyhnhnm master even becomes awkwardly ' human ' for Gulliver's sake : Houyhnhnms are not supposed to lie , but the Houyhnhnm master conceals the truth about Gulliver wearing clothes when Gulliver asks him to do so ( iv ...
Índice
A Tale of a Tub | 27 |
Gullivers Travels | 55 |
Poems | 82 |
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Jonathan Swift: The Essential Writings : Authoritative Texts, Contexts ... Jonathan Swift Vista de fragmentos - 2010 |
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The Eighteenth-century Novel and Contemporary Social Issues: An Introduction Stuart Sim No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2008 |