SwiftHarvester Press, 1986 - 153 pages |
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Page 5
... identify recurrent Swiftian themes . In concluding , Price vindicates such an analysis by defining these rhetorical devices as ' methods ... for dissociating the apparent from the real ' , so as to give ' the real its proper residence ...
... identify recurrent Swiftian themes . In concluding , Price vindicates such an analysis by defining these rhetorical devices as ' methods ... for dissociating the apparent from the real ' , so as to give ' the real its proper residence ...
Page 59
... identification of generic rules . Gulliver is a spoof travel - book , but its range is broader than in purely literary satire . Travel broadens the mind and also extends our sympathies . In Gulliver's case this is carried to extremes ...
... identification of generic rules . Gulliver is a spoof travel - book , but its range is broader than in purely literary satire . Travel broadens the mind and also extends our sympathies . In Gulliver's case this is carried to extremes ...
Page 123
... identify with the first - person in most kinds of writing . This convention contributes to the closing aporia , where the satire points at more generally held attitudes and their rhetorical gloss and apology . The euphonious ' reason ...
... identify with the first - person in most kinds of writing . This convention contributes to the closing aporia , where the satire points at more generally held attitudes and their rhetorical gloss and apology . The euphonious ' reason ...
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