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 54
... pattern of Book II , the first impression of Gulliver is of a helpless , terrified figure in a nightmare world , completely at the mercy of monstrous creatures , the smallest of whom could crush him like an insect . I have suggested ...
... pattern of Book II , the first impression of Gulliver is of a helpless , terrified figure in a nightmare world , completely at the mercy of monstrous creatures , the smallest of whom could crush him like an insect . I have suggested ...
Page 92
... pattern of the irony has been turned on its head . All this contributes to the enormous deflation of Book IV . Swift has created this effect mainly by piling up the largest concentration of bestial imagery in the Travels , four ...
... pattern of the irony has been turned on its head . All this contributes to the enormous deflation of Book IV . Swift has created this effect mainly by piling up the largest concentration of bestial imagery in the Travels , four ...
Page 104
... pattern that man can understand . But everywhere the world shows itself bleak , hostile and unknowable . How can we talk of clear and distinct ideas , of mathematical certainty , of the powers of human reason , of any kind of rational ...
... pattern that man can understand . But everywhere the world shows itself bleak , hostile and unknowable . How can we talk of clear and distinct ideas , of mathematical certainty , of the powers of human reason , of any kind of rational ...
Contents
The Nature of Satire | 7 |
The Satiric Focus I | 27 |
The Satiric Focus II | 38 |
Copyright | |
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