1st Edition
Routledge Revivals: Gulliver and the Gentle Reader (1991) Studies in Swift and Our Time
By Claude Rawson
Copyright 1991
210 Pages
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Routledge
206 Pages
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Routledge
206 Pages
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Originally published in 1973, Gulliver and the Gentle Reader critically examines the writing of Jonathan Swift. The book is predominately concerned with what Rawson coins ‘the "unofficial" energies’ which work below the surface of Swift’s conscious themes. Alongside this discussion, Rawson provides detailed studies on historical, cultural and psychological relationships, and the connections... Read more
Preface and Acknowledgements
Note on Texts and Abbreviations
1. Gulliver and the Gentle Reader
2. Order and Cruelty: Swift, Pope and Johnson
3. ‘Tis Only Infinite Below: Swift, with Reflections on Yeat, Wallace Stevens and R.D. Laing
4. Circles, Catalogues and Conversations: Swift, with Reflections Whitman, Conrad and Others
5. Catalogues, Corposes and Cannibals: Swift and Mailer, with Reflections on Whitman, Conrad and Others
Notes
Index
Biography
C J Rawson
