The Mind and Art of Jonathan SwiftOxford University Press, 1936 - 398 pagina's |
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Pagina 168
... satire itself , it was never openly acknowl- edged by Swift , but his authorship is beyond dispute and up to a certain point his motives are clear . For one thing , he had an altogether natural desire to retort upon the cen- sorious ...
... satire itself , it was never openly acknowl- edged by Swift , but his authorship is beyond dispute and up to a certain point his motives are clear . For one thing , he had an altogether natural desire to retort upon the cen- sorious ...
Pagina 297
... satire of this sort - satire without an arrière - pensée – there is in Gulliver's Travels one does not perceive until he sets out to look for it . The imaginary voyage , however , has lent itself equally well to satire of a much higher ...
... satire of this sort - satire without an arrière - pensée – there is in Gulliver's Travels one does not perceive until he sets out to look for it . The imaginary voyage , however , has lent itself equally well to satire of a much higher ...
Pagina 317
... satire has , to be sure , a general drift , which gives it central mean- ing . The projectors are deficient in common sense , the mathematicians and scientists are lost in impractical specu- lations , the critics are pedants without ...
... satire has , to be sure , a general drift , which gives it central mean- ing . The projectors are deficient in common sense , the mathematicians and scientists are lost in impractical specu- lations , the critics are pedants without ...
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CHAPTER PAGE | 3 |
CONTROLLING IDEAS | 49 |
The Battle of the Books AND A Tale of a Tub | 75 |
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