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1 online resource (xiii, 169 pages) : illustrations |
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Gale virtual reference library |
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Twayne's masterwork studies ; no. 158 |
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Gale virtual reference library.
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Twayne's masterwork studies ; no. 158
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Chronology: Jonathan Swift's Life and Works -- 1. Travelers, Geographers, Wonder, and Satire: The Background of Gulliver's Travels -- 2. The Importance of Gulliver's Travels -- 3. The Critical Reception -- 4. The Opening Satirical Frame -- 5. Lilliput: The Beginning of a Dialectic -- 6. Brobdingnag: Before the Philosopher King -- 7. Laputa: England and Ireland -- 8. Balnibarbi and Glubhdubdrib: Ancients and Moderns -- 9. Houyhnhnmland: Equine Utopia -- 10. The Closing Satirical Frame |
| Summary |
Provides in-depth analysis of the literary work Gulliver's Travels, as well as its importance and critical reception. Includes a chronology of the life and works of the author |
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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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-161) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745. Gulliver's travels.
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| SUBJECT |
Gulliver's travels (Swift, Jonathan) fast http://id.worldcat.org/fast/fst01356170 |
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Imaginary societies in literature.
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Political satire, English -- History and criticism.
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Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century.
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Travelers in literature.
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Voyages, Imaginary -- History and criticism.
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Imaginary societies in literature.
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Political satire, English.
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Politics and literature.
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Travelers in literature.
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Voyages, Imaginary.
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Great Britain.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
0805718206 |
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9780805718201 |
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