Jonathan Swift: An Introductory EssayMethuen, distributed by Harper & Row, Barnes & Noble Import Division, New York, 1973 - 216 pages |
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Page 29
... possible ironies off the main path , blind corridors and cul - de - sacs among the genuine routes . One is never allowed to be quite sure whether this or that ironic suggestion is intended , and this is one of the main sources of ...
... possible ironies off the main path , blind corridors and cul - de - sacs among the genuine routes . One is never allowed to be quite sure whether this or that ironic suggestion is intended , and this is one of the main sources of ...
Page 48
... possible anticipation of Einstein ( though Swift , clearly , was thinking not of the physical properties of the Universe , and the physical model for his moral paradox was a great - circle line round the terrestrial globe ) . Swift ...
... possible anticipation of Einstein ( though Swift , clearly , was thinking not of the physical properties of the Universe , and the physical model for his moral paradox was a great - circle line round the terrestrial globe ) . Swift ...
Page 181
... possible . Humanly possible - and this is the key to the whole question of Book IV . Swift allows free rein to a fantasy of Reason . But the fantasy which attracts Swift is not simply of Reason ; Reason becomes identified with an ...
... possible . Humanly possible - and this is the key to the whole question of Book IV . Swift allows free rein to a fantasy of Reason . But the fantasy which attracts Swift is not simply of Reason ; Reason becomes identified with an ...
Contents
Introduction | 1 |
A Tale of a Tub | 16 |
Other Early Satires | 59 |
Copyright | |
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