Swift's Anatomy of Misunderstanding: A Study of Swift's Epistemological Imagination [Hardcover]

Frances D. Louis (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1981 | ISBN-10: 0389200743 | ISBN-13: 978-0389200741 | Edition: First Edition

This is a detailed examination of one of Swift's most central concerns, man's capacity for misunderstanding. After reviewing the pertinent Swift scholarship, Frances Louis relates some of the older views of the satires to the one she proposes, namely that judgmentóor lack of itóis the crux of Swift's satiric fiction.

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A lucid and tenacious demonstration of the centrality of epistemology in Swift's two major works, A Tale of a Tub andGulliver's Travels.>>>> (Philosophy And Literature )

A lucid and tenacious demonstration of the centrality of epistemology in Swift's two major works, A Tale of a Tub andGulliver's Travels. (Philosophy And Literature )

Product Details

• Hardcover: 220 pages
• Publisher: Rl Innactive Titles; First Edition edition (June 1981)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0389200743
• ISBN-13: 978-0389200741
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,224,880 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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