A tale of a tub / Jonathan Swift
- Author
- Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
- Published
- [Auckland, N.Z.] : Floating Press, [2009]
- Copyright Date
- ©2009
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource (1 electronic document (219 pages))
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- Language Note
- English.
- Contents
- Title; Contents; Advert; To the Right Honourable John Lord Somers; The Bookseller to the Reader; The Epistle Dedicatory to His Royal Highness Prince Posterity; The Preface; Section I -- The Introduction; Section II; Section III -- A Digression Concerning Critics; Section IV -- A Tale of a Tub; Section V -- A Digression in the Modern Kind; Section VI -- A Tale of a Tub; Section VII -- A Digression in Praise of Digressions; Section VIII -- A Tale of a Tub; Section IX -- A Digression Concerning the Original, the Use, and Improvement of Madness in a Commonwealth; Section X -- A Farther Digression. and Section XI -- A Tale of a TubThe Conclusion; The History of Martin; A Digression on the Nature, Usefulness, and Necessity of Wars and Quarrels; The History of Martin- Continued; A Project for the Universal Benefit of Mankind; Endnotes.
- Summary
- Jump into Jonathan Swift's take-no-prisoners parody of seventeenth-century Christianity. Equal parts uproarious humor and incisive satire, A Tale of a Tub dissects the foibles and shortcomings of three brothers, each of whom represents a different branch of the Christian religion. Swift, himself a clergyman, sealed his reputation as one of England's most ruthless -- and notorious -- satirists with the book's publication. It's a thought-provoking and rollicking read whether you're a...
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 9781775416975
1775416976
1776510984
9781776510986 - Note
- Archived by the National Library of New Zealand.
Title from PDF cover (viewed on Aug. 31, 2011).
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