Gulliver's travels the politics of satire
The underlying thesis of Knowles's study is that Gulliver's Travels explores a dialectic between the commonplace and the wondrous, the fictive Whiggish Gulliver and the factual "Tory" Swift. Knowles views Gulliver's Travels as a major document in eighteenth-century Europe�...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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New York, NY
Twayne u.a.
1996
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| Schriftenreihe: | Twayne's masterwork studies
158 |
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Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745) / Gulliver's travels
> Swift, Jonathan <1667-1745>
> Swift, Jonathan
> Geschichte 1700-1800
> Geschichte
> Imaginary societies in literature
> Political satire, English
> History and criticism
> Politics and literature
> History
> Travelers in literature
> Voyages, Imaginary
> Großbritannien
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | The underlying thesis of Knowles's study is that Gulliver's Travels explores a dialectic between the commonplace and the wondrous, the fictive Whiggish Gulliver and the factual "Tory" Swift. Knowles views Gulliver's Travels as a major document in eighteenth-century Europe's struggle between progress and reaction, with Swift's combative skepticism resisting all forms of "modernism." Swift's ironic viewpoint, incisive humor, and fecund imagination lend Gulliver's Travels a richness that has secured its status as a literary masterpiece; readers of Knowles's lucid commentary will come away with a renewed appreciation and understanding of this important classic. |
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| Beschreibung: | XIII, 169 S. Ill., graph. Darst., Kt. |
| ISBN: | 080574617X 0-8057-4617-X 0805746188 0-8057-4618-8 |