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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... attack virtually the same target , using almost the same imagery , for 2000 years , whether or not the target is relevant , then we might assume they are not attacking a specific target at all but creating a ritual to invoke a satiric ...
... attack virtually the same target , using almost the same imagery , for 2000 years , whether or not the target is relevant , then we might assume they are not attacking a specific target at all but creating a ritual to invoke a satiric ...
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... attack on bad writing . There were satires on bad writing , of course , long before the 18th century . Horace complained about bad poets . Aristophanes ' attack on Socrates in Clouds was in effect a satire on false rhetoric , making ...
... attack on bad writing . There were satires on bad writing , of course , long before the 18th century . Horace complained about bad poets . Aristophanes ' attack on Socrates in Clouds was in effect a satire on false rhetoric , making ...
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... attack on the critics . But in the Tale , we have a new style critic , a Grubbean critic , who rejects the past and ... attacking the critics precisely fits his larger purpose in attacking Grub Street . Satirically , the Ancient ...
... attack on the critics . But in the Tale , we have a new style critic , a Grubbean critic , who rejects the past and ... attacking the critics precisely fits his larger purpose in attacking Grub Street . Satirically , the Ancient ...
Contents
The Nature of Satire | 7 |
The Satiric Focus I | 27 |
The Satiric Focus II | 38 |
Copyright | |
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