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 48
... human Creature ; which it likewise imitated in all its actions ; seemed to speak in a little Language of its own .... went erect upon two Legs , was tame and gentle , would come when it was called , do whatever it was bid ... " ( p . 96 ) ...
... human Creature ; which it likewise imitated in all its actions ; seemed to speak in a little Language of its own .... went erect upon two Legs , was tame and gentle , would come when it was called , do whatever it was bid ... " ( p . 96 ) ...
Page 67
... human passions ; they have become machines , rigid , mechanical puppets of speculating systems that drive them inexorably from one madness to another . Their pursuit of reason has become a Faustian hubris in which they have sold not ...
... human passions ; they have become machines , rigid , mechanical puppets of speculating systems that drive them inexorably from one madness to another . Their pursuit of reason has become a Faustian hubris in which they have sold not ...
Page 104
... human mind . It is a theme that unites the entire book : the world as we perceive it defies the human under- standing . There is no rational order , no moral order , no justice , no predict- able pattern of human behaviour except the ...
... human mind . It is a theme that unites the entire book : the world as we perceive it defies the human under- standing . There is no rational order , no moral order , no justice , no predict- able pattern of human behaviour except the ...
Contents
The Nature of Satire | 7 |
The Satiric Focus I | 27 |
The Satiric Focus II | 38 |
Copyright | |
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