Gulliver as Slave Trader: Racism Reviled by Jonathan SwiftMcFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 25 jul 2006 - 252 pagina's The pointed social commentaries of master satirist Jonathan Swift are heavy with irony, but Swift rarely left any doubt about his true meaning. In the case of Gulliver's Travels, however, Swift's meaning has been the subject of debate among scholars for almost 300 years. Here, Elaine Robinson offers a new and fascinating interpretation for this literary classic. Pointing out clues throughout Gulliver, Robinson demonstrates Swift's uses of Everyman, Bernard of Clairvaux, Bonaventure, Boccaccio, Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare and Milton to define real Christianity as a basis for protesting the African slave trade and racism. In doing so, she illuminates Swift's insight, honesty, piercing irony, and brilliant wit, and calls attention to the disturbing relevance of Gulliver's Travels in the 21st century. |
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... Fort St. George in April 1707 , and stays there three weeks . Now , anyone would be hard put to come up with a reason for going to Fort St. George in 1707 other than African slave trade business . Moreover , he sets out on a ship named ...
Racism Reviled by Jonathan Swift Elaine L. Robinson. From Fort St. George at Elmina on the Gold Coast in West Africa we have " A Slave - Ship Consignment " to further authenticate what went on there , and the reason Swift , in protest of ...
... Fort St. George , at Elmina in West Africa , whose dungeon holds over one thou- sand African slaves poised for shipment . On the date Gulliver sets out for Fort St. George , Swift alludes to the dungeon of the prophet Jeremiah , whose ...
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Acknowledgments | 1 |
The African Slave Trade 2525 | 67 |
Flagitious and Facinorous Acts | 92 |
Copyright | |
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