Jonathan Swift: An Introductory EssayMethuen, distributed by Harper & Row, Barnes & Noble Import Division, New York, 1973 - 216 pages |
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... feeling of insecurity in the reader : if one were to be allowed to feel sure that one had got to the bottom of the satire and understood it completely and in every way , it would not be so effective as it is . ] One possible reaction to ...
... feeling of insecurity in the reader : if one were to be allowed to feel sure that one had got to the bottom of the satire and understood it completely and in every way , it would not be so effective as it is . ] One possible reaction to ...
Page 181
... feel the profound ambiguity of the fourth book every time he reads it . There are yet more ironic traps and inflections to contend with : if Swift allowed us at any time to feel absolutely sure that we had probed to the very bottom of ...
... feel the profound ambiguity of the fourth book every time he reads it . There are yet more ironic traps and inflections to contend with : if Swift allowed us at any time to feel absolutely sure that we had probed to the very bottom of ...
Page 190
... feels cheated and horrified by the sensuality of women ; the body distresses him : But Women now feel no such Fire And only know the gross Desire . Their passions move in lower Spheres , Where - e'er Caprice or Folly steers : A Dog , a ...
... feels cheated and horrified by the sensuality of women ; the body distresses him : But Women now feel no such Fire And only know the gross Desire . Their passions move in lower Spheres , Where - e'er Caprice or Folly steers : A Dog , a ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
A Tale of a Tub | 16 |
Other Early Satires | 59 |
Copyright | |
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