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 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.
Writers and Their Work, relaunched in 1994 in association with the British Council, won immediate acclaim for its publication of brief but rigorous critical examinations of the works of distinguished writers and schools of writing.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780746307823
Publisert
2004-06-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Liverpool University Press
Høyde
216 mm
Bredde
138 mm
Aldersnivå
G, UU, UF, UP, 01, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Forfatter