About this title: This critical introduction to Gulliver's Travels aims at giving a fresh and impartial account of the world-famous satire. It characterises the significant historical and literary background to the work, and explores the text itself in the reading order intended by Swift. It gives proper attention to Swift's narrative and stylistic art, and to the experience of the reader, which have tended to be neglected in the course of prolonged academic arguments over interpretation. It also discusses the relation of the four parts of the Travels to one another. A final chapter sketches the fictional ...
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:9780521338424ISBN:0521338425
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Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:9780521338424ISBN:0521338425
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780521338424ISBN:0521338425
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Date Published: 1993
ISBN-13:9780521338424ISBN:0521338425
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 7.99 by.31 inches. This book is printed on demand. (allow 1-2 weeks for printing)(128 pages) this critical introduction to gulliver's travels aims at giving a fresh and impartial account of the world-famous satire. this is a critical introduction that gives a fresh and impartial account of the world-famous satire. it explores the historical and literary backgrounds, swift's narrative and stylistic art and discusses the the relation of the four parts of the travels to one ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:9780521338424ISBN:0521338425
Description: New. Paperback NEW This new critical introduction to Gulliver's Travels provides a fresh and impartial account of this world-famous satire. It presents Swift's work in its historical and literary context, and explores its allusions, its four-part structure, its narrative strategy and its prose style. A final chapter sketches the fictional aftermath of the Travels from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, and there is a guide to further reading. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN-13:9780521338424ISBN:0521338425
Description: Please note that deliveries to addresses in the UK and Europe will be in 4-14 business days. Other countries should refer to Alibris standard times. This new critical introduction to Gulliver's Travels provides a fresh and impartial account of this world-famous satire. It presents Swift's work in its historical and literary context, and explores its allusions, its four-part structure, its narrative strategy and its prose style. A final chapter sketches the fictional aftermath of the Travels ... read more
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