Swift's anatomy of misunderstanding
Subtitle: a study of Swift's epistemological imagination in A tale of a tub and Gulliver's travels
By: Frances Deutsch Louis.
Publisher: Barnes & Noble Books
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Totowa, N.J
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 193
ISBN-13: 9780389200741
Subjects: Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 -- Philosophy; Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745; Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745; Knowledge, Theory of, in literature; Voyages, Imaginary -- History and criticism; Satire, English -- History and criticism; Imaginary societies in literature; Travelers in literature
Notes: Bibliography: p. [188]-193.
Based on thesis (Ph.D.)--Bryn Mawr College, 1976.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : A new approach to Swift's satire; title: Part one : Swift's epistemological inheritance.; title: The great compromise; title: Matter, mind and language in the divided realm; title: The game, such as it is : revolution and counterrevolution in understanding; title: Part two : A Tale of a Tub.; title: Introduction : The adventurous attempt; title: Matter, mind and language as the Tale's teller sees them; title: Matter, mind and language in the Tale the hack tells; title: Part three : Travelling on : Gulliver's Travels.; title: Gulliver and the facts of matter; title: Gulliver's hosts look at things as they are; title: Gulliver in Houyhnhnmland; title: Conclusion : Sumum bonum, sumum malum