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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... Leslie published The Socinian Controversy Discuss'd . In an ' Author's PREFACE ' Leslie wrote that it was now ' necessary to appear in defence of the christian Faith , that it be not lost among us ; and to give some check to these ...
... Leslie published The Socinian Controversy Discuss'd . In an ' Author's PREFACE ' Leslie wrote that it was now ' necessary to appear in defence of the christian Faith , that it be not lost among us ; and to give some check to these ...
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... Leslie ] , The Charge of Socinianism against Dr Tillotson Considered ( Edinburgh , 1695 ) , 13-14 , 32 . 9. See esp . Leslie , Works , i . 212–21 . 10. John Toland , Christianity not Mysterious ( 1696 ) , 83 . 11. Advertisements from ...
... Leslie ] , The Charge of Socinianism against Dr Tillotson Considered ( Edinburgh , 1695 ) , 13-14 , 32 . 9. See esp . Leslie , Works , i . 212–21 . 10. John Toland , Christianity not Mysterious ( 1696 ) , 83 . 11. Advertisements from ...
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... Leslie uses the idea of a primitivist state of nature illustrated in the Hottentots to satirize modern European luxury and corruption . However , Leslie's Hottentot reveals that the state of nature supposed by John Locke and others is a ...
... Leslie uses the idea of a primitivist state of nature illustrated in the Hottentots to satirize modern European luxury and corruption . However , Leslie's Hottentot reveals that the state of nature supposed by John Locke and others is a ...
Índice
A Tale of a Tub | 27 |
Gullivers Travels | 55 |
Poems | 82 |
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Otras ediciones - Ver todo
Jonathan Swift: The Essential Writings : Authoritative Texts, Contexts ... Jonathan Swift Vista de fragmentos - 2010 |
Términos y frases comunes
Abolishing Christianity Alexander Pope Anglican anti-Trinitarian anticlerical Argument against Abolishing Assassination Beggars Bickerstaff Brobdingnag Cambridge cannibal Catholic Charles Church of Ireland claims Claude Rawson contemporary Corr corrupt cosmetic Death of Dr defence Dr Swift Dryden Dublin Earl edition England Esther Johnson famous Giving Badges Gulliver Gulliver's Travels Hanoverian Whig High Church horses Houyhnhnm master Houyhnhnmland Houyhnhnms human humankind Ian Higgins Irish poor ironic Jacobite James John Partridge Jonathan Swift Lady Lady's Dressing Room Leslie letter Liberty literary London Lord misanthropic modern Modest Proposer Moor Park nature Number Oxford pamphlet parody Partridge's Poems poetry political prose Protestant Dissenters published putative author PW xii Queen readers Religion ridicule Robert Robert Burton Roman satirist scatological slave Socinian St Patrick's St Patrick's Cathedral Stella Strephon Swift wrote Swift's satire Swiftian satire Tale Trajano Boccalini Trinitarian Trinity Vanessa Verses Voyage Wharton Whig government William World writing Yahoos
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The Eighteenth-century Novel and Contemporary Social Issues: An Introduction Stuart Sim No hay ninguna vista previa disponible - 2008 |