Jonathan Swift: An Introductory EssayMethuen, distributed by Harper & Row, Barnes & Noble Import Division, New York, 1973 - 216 pages |
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... believe that an argument is wrong , our first reaction is to look for faults in the basic premises , or errors in the method of reasoning . When , as in a satirical argument such as this , we know that the author is being deliberately ...
... believe that an argument is wrong , our first reaction is to look for faults in the basic premises , or errors in the method of reasoning . When , as in a satirical argument such as this , we know that the author is being deliberately ...
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... believe , when the process is complete , that we have always thought in such a way anyway , but this is sometimes an illusion : by clarifying , sharpening and exaggerating the alternatives the satirist commonly persuades us to shift our ...
... believe , when the process is complete , that we have always thought in such a way anyway , but this is sometimes an illusion : by clarifying , sharpening and exaggerating the alternatives the satirist commonly persuades us to shift our ...
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... believe that we can . It is , I think , rather feeble to argue that Swift is merely taking advantage of satirical licence to overstate his case . For the moment Swift no longer controls the fantasy , but is controlled by it . The ...
... believe that we can . It is , I think , rather feeble to argue that Swift is merely taking advantage of satirical licence to overstate his case . For the moment Swift no longer controls the fantasy , but is controlled by it . The ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
A Tale of a Tub | 16 |
Other Early Satires | 59 |
Copyright | |
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