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The Tale of a Tub and Other Works
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The Tale of a Tub and Other Works

Jonathan Swift
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  1. Famous Irish poet, pamphleteer, satirist and wit of Augustan Age, best remembered for Gulliver’s Travels. The Tale of a Tub was Swift’s first major satirical work. Queen Anne deemed it to be blasphemous and it is believed to have adversely affected Swift’s chances for ecclesiastical preferment in England. The book comprises three related sketches: the Tale itself, an energetic defense of literature and religion against zealous pedantry; The Battle of the Books, a witty addition to the scholarly debate about the relative merits of ancient versus modern literature and culture; and A Discourse Concerning the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit, a satire of religious fanaticism. Swift explains in the preface that the title comes from sailors tossing a tub overboard to distract a whale that might attack their ship.
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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Kessinger Publishing
Country
United States
Date
10 September 2010
Pages
286
ISBN
9781162772882
  1. Famous Irish poet, pamphleteer, satirist and wit of Augustan Age, best remembered for Gulliver’s Travels. The Tale of a Tub was Swift’s first major satirical work. Queen Anne deemed it to be blasphemous and it is believed to have adversely affected Swift’s chances for ecclesiastical preferment in England. The book comprises three related sketches: the Tale itself, an energetic defense of literature and religion against zealous pedantry; The Battle of the Books, a witty addition to the scholarly debate about the relative merits of ancient versus modern literature and culture; and A Discourse Concerning the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit, a satire of religious fanaticism. Swift explains in the preface that the title comes from sailors tossing a tub overboard to distract a whale that might attack their ship.
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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Kessinger Publishing
Country
United States
Date
10 September 2010
Pages
286
ISBN
9781162772882

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