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 32
... give the ritual a freshness and immediacy . When the Tale was written Catholicism and Dissent still could be counted on as symbols of irrationality and confusion , and in satirizing them the satirists are appealing to their readers to ...
... give the ritual a freshness and immediacy . When the Tale was written Catholicism and Dissent still could be counted on as symbols of irrationality and confusion , and in satirizing them the satirists are appealing to their readers to ...
Page 92
... give the satire its direction . In Book I the fabric of civilization is virtually intact . For a moment we see the dog beneath the legal skin of the articles of impeachment , yet the familiar social forms proclaiming a rational ...
... give the satire its direction . In Book I the fabric of civilization is virtually intact . For a moment we see the dog beneath the legal skin of the articles of impeachment , yet the familiar social forms proclaiming a rational ...
Page 125
... give shape and not duration ) . He is the complete modern who rejects the past , cuts himself off from his heritage and spins his modern substance out of his own modern entrails . It is the familiar imagery of Grub Street nothingness ...
... give shape and not duration ) . He is the complete modern who rejects the past , cuts himself off from his heritage and spins his modern substance out of his own modern entrails . It is the familiar imagery of Grub Street nothingness ...
Contents
The Nature of Satire | 7 |
The Satiric Focus I | 27 |
The Satiric Focus II | 38 |
Copyright | |
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