Jonathan SwiftNorthcote House, 2004 - 114 pages The book's focus is the major satires upon which Swift's literary reputation principally rests, including A Tale of a Tub, Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal and the infamous scatological poems. Swift was the greatest prose satirist in the English language and this critical analysis highlights the extremism of Swiftian satire and its off-the-page menaces. |
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The Eighteenth-century Novel and Contemporary Social Issues: An Introduction Stuart Sim No preview available - 2008 |