Swift's Vision of Evil: A Comparative Study of A Tale of a Tub and Gulliver's Travels, Volumes 1-2English Literary Studies, University of Victoria, 1975 |
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Page 75
... Grubbean learning , Grubbean politeness , and Grubbean wit . Thus the whole protest , in the name of modern principles and modern wit , argued with compelling logic and all the gravity and dignity of a philosopher seeking truth and ...
... Grubbean learning , Grubbean politeness , and Grubbean wit . Thus the whole protest , in the name of modern principles and modern wit , argued with compelling logic and all the gravity and dignity of a philosopher seeking truth and ...
Page 77
... Grubbean pretense is consistent enough : the solemn pose of infinite wisdom that we find in the Grubbean writer , critic , philosopher , priest , with their learned systems and profound theologies . But the other extreme of the ironic ...
... Grubbean pretense is consistent enough : the solemn pose of infinite wisdom that we find in the Grubbean writer , critic , philosopher , priest , with their learned systems and profound theologies . But the other extreme of the ironic ...
Page 81
... Grub Street , is also " the great Seminary of the two former , " the pulpit and the ladder . Since these three machines are the only means of aspiration in the hack's world , comprising all Grubbean activity , the whole subject matter ...
... Grub Street , is also " the great Seminary of the two former , " the pulpit and the ladder . Since these three machines are the only means of aspiration in the hack's world , comprising all Grubbean activity , the whole subject matter ...
Contents
The Nature of Satire | 7 |
The Satiric Focus I | 27 |
The Satiric Focus II | 38 |
Copyright | |
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