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 82
... significance . In Section II we finally reach the " tale . " But the " tale " begins with such startling irrelevance to the last words of the Introduction , it comes upon us so abruptly after all the prefatory machinery , that for a ...
... significance . In Section II we finally reach the " tale . " But the " tale " begins with such startling irrelevance to the last words of the Introduction , it comes upon us so abruptly after all the prefatory machinery , that for a ...
Page 96
... significance the further they are removed from common sense and spiritual substance . Here we see it in Jack's interpretation of the Will . Where Peter's approach to the Will is Cabalistic , for the most part dwelling on the magic ...
... significance the further they are removed from common sense and spiritual substance . Here we see it in Jack's interpretation of the Will . Where Peter's approach to the Will is Cabalistic , for the most part dwelling on the magic ...
Page 16
... significance of this satire is that it breaks down the distinction between man and the animal , denying that man is a special creature apart from the rest of nature . It destroys the traditional hierarchy of being . Nor can we dismiss ...
... significance of this satire is that it breaks down the distinction between man and the animal , denying that man is a special creature apart from the rest of nature . It destroys the traditional hierarchy of being . Nor can we dismiss ...
Contents
The Nature of Satire | 7 |
The Satiric Focus I | 27 |
The Satiric Focus II | 38 |
Copyright | |
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