Jonathan Swift: An Introductory EssayMethuen, distributed by Harper & Row, Barnes & Noble Import Division, New York, 1973 - 216 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 22
Page 9
... concern for the starving poor he has what looks at first like pity ; but if it is pity , it is pity of the kind which a practical and unemotional man would feel for a suffering domestic animal , concern of the kind that a Houyhnhnm ...
... concern for the starving poor he has what looks at first like pity ; but if it is pity , it is pity of the kind which a practical and unemotional man would feel for a suffering domestic animal , concern of the kind that a Houyhnhnm ...
Page 61
... concern in the first sentences : war is the child of pride , he says , that will readily be granted , but , despite ... concerned with the propensity of human society to conflict , so that in Leviathan war tends to be spoken of as the ...
... concern in the first sentences : war is the child of pride , he says , that will readily be granted , but , despite ... concerned with the propensity of human society to conflict , so that in Leviathan war tends to be spoken of as the ...
Page 114
An Introductory Essay David Ward. citizens of Ireland . He is concerned to fight irresponsibility and negligence in government . He is concerned to restore self - respect to the Irish nation . But he sees all these concerns in the ...
An Introductory Essay David Ward. citizens of Ireland . He is concerned to fight irresponsibility and negligence in government . He is concerned to restore self - respect to the Irish nation . But he sees all these concerns in the ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
A Tale of a Tub | 16 |
Other Early Satires | 59 |
Copyright | |
6 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
absurd accept action allowed animal appear argument aspect attitude become begins believe body characteristic Christian close common complex concerned continued course criticism death depends Digression effect energy England English entirely experience express fact fantasy fear feel follows forced gives Gulliver Gulliver's hand Houyhnhnms human idea imagination immediate important instance Ireland Irish ironic irony kind land language Learning least less letter Lilliput living look madness manner material matter means method mind moral Nature never observer offer ourselves particular passage passionate perhaps physical play poem political positive possible pride problem question reader reality Reason religion remains represent satire seems sense society sometimes spirit suffering Swift Tale things thought tion Travels true truth turn understand universe virtues whole writes Yahoos