Jonathan Swift: An Introductory EssayMethuen, distributed by Harper & Row, Barnes & Noble Import Division, New York, 1973 - 216 pages |
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... Learning ' , and by doing so to direct his readers back to what Swift felt were the real foundations of religion , of learning and ( what seems at this insecure time of the world's experience almost to comprehend both religion and learning ) ...
... Learning ' , and by doing so to direct his readers back to what Swift felt were the real foundations of religion , of learning and ( what seems at this insecure time of the world's experience almost to comprehend both religion and learning ) ...
Page 59
... Learning ' - and do so with some of the same headlong energy and brilliance . In the Battle there is less complexity and variety - the reader is given far more oppor- tunity to preserve his own defences against the restless , probing ...
... Learning ' - and do so with some of the same headlong energy and brilliance . In the Battle there is less complexity and variety - the reader is given far more oppor- tunity to preserve his own defences against the restless , probing ...
Page 90
... Learning ' , and does so with remarkable effect ; but strong as the motive may be , an even stronger one is in the dominant : a delighted , passionate joy in the qualities and possibilities of the language itself ; language as a medium ...
... Learning ' , and does so with remarkable effect ; but strong as the motive may be , an even stronger one is in the dominant : a delighted , passionate joy in the qualities and possibilities of the language itself ; language as a medium ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
A Tale of a Tub | 16 |
Other Early Satires | 59 |
Copyright | |
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