Lemuel Gulliver's Mirror For Man

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ISBN
9780520356931
Book Title
Lemuel Gulliver's Mirror for Man
Publisher
University of California Press
Item Length
8.5 in
Publication Year
2022
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Item Height
0.7 in
Author
W. B. Carnochan
Genre
Literary Criticism
Topic
General
Item Weight
14.4 Oz
Item Width
5.5 in
Number of Pages
238 Pages
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Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520356934
ISBN-13
9780520356931
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3057250277

Product Key Features

Book Title
Lemuel Gulliver's Mirror for Man
Number of Pages
238 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General
Publication Year
2022
Genre
Literary Criticism
Author
W. B. Carnochan
Format
Hardcover

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Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
14.4 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in

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Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
827/.5
Synopsis
Satire, long the most neglected of literary genres, has begun to claim its share of critical attention. And no book in the satiric tradition has generated more controversy that Gulliver's Travels; since it was first published it has been the subject of an often passionate debate about its moral and esthetic value--a debate inseparable from the question of what Swift was really saying about us all, especially in Book IV. Despite the running controversy, this is the first extended study of the Travels to appear in over forty years. It places Swift's masterpiece in the perspective of its own age, but also in relation to ours. First it reviews the philosophical doubts of the Augustans about the nature of man--doubts now recognized as a major force behind Swift's satire. It examines Augustan satiric theory and its Continental background; and, coming to the Travels, treats them as one instance of a conventional form, the "satire on man." On the vexed problem of Book IV it argues that alternative views of Swift as a savage misanthrope and as a benign humanist are both inadequate, and that as in Swift's irony generally, what seem to be contradictory truths are simultaneously in force. The study is concerned throughout with the way values operate in a satiric context. What, for example are we to make of Gulliver's pious attachment to "truth"-telling? In this connection, a speculative theory is proposed which relates Swift's satiric intentions to the epistemology of John Locke. Finally, an epilogue looks ahead to some modern writers--Lewis Carroll, Joyce, Vladimir Nabokov--whose habits throw a retrospective light on Swift's. The study, broadly speaking, is not only about Gulliver's Travels but also about the psychology of the satirist and about the mind's response, whether the Augustans' or our own, at moments of intellectual crisis. This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1968.
LC Classification Number
PR3728.S2

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