Jonathan Swift: An Introductory EssayMethuen, distributed by Harper & Row, Barnes & Noble Import Division, New York, 1973 - 216 pages |
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... look with a wondering and sceptical eye upon all that follows . THE DEDICATIONS The first dedication , to Lord John Somers , nicely combines the conventionally hyperbolic tribute to a patron ( inevitable in an age when the chief benefit ...
... look with a wondering and sceptical eye upon all that follows . THE DEDICATIONS The first dedication , to Lord John Somers , nicely combines the conventionally hyperbolic tribute to a patron ( inevitable in an age when the chief benefit ...
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... look with a cool ironical eye at all that goes on in their society . The irony opens up the distinction between true and false Wit , encouraging the reader to make clear distinction between the two . He hits upon the device of ...
... look with a cool ironical eye at all that goes on in their society . The irony opens up the distinction between true and false Wit , encouraging the reader to make clear distinction between the two . He hits upon the device of ...
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... 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 wrong , we expect to find the point of the satire in the wrong ...
... 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 wrong , we expect to find the point of the satire in the wrong ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
A Tale of a Tub | 16 |
Other Early Satires | 59 |
Copyright | |
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