Gulliver's travels
the politics of satire
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Author
Publication
1996 - Twayne Publishers, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
42,250 words, Guess
Page Count
169 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL810031M
- ISBN-10080574617X
- OCLC Control Number33439181
- OCLC Control Numbergulliverstravels0000know
- Library of Congress Control Number95046869
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- LibraryThing3925934
- Goodreads375822
Classifications
- DDC823/.5
- LCCPR3724.G8 K66 1996
Description
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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- Twayne's masterwork studies ;
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