A preface to Swift
Keith Crook · 1998
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About the book
Jonathan Swift's moral and political satires astonished his contemporaries and still have the power to disturb, with their compelling images and unsettling turns of argument, and to delight, with their charm and inventive wit. A Preface to Swift examines the complex appeal of this fierce critic of oppression. This will be a particularly useful introduction to students who are studying satire as a genre: the early eighteenth-century literary, scientific, philosophical and political context; the representation of women; the political relation of Ireland to England; and the position of the artist within society, especially in connection with the levers of power.
Book details
- Year
- 1998
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Editions
- 7
- Pages
- 264
- ISBN
- 9781315842257
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