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A Tale of a Tub / Jonathan Swift.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1930]Copyright date: ©1930Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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  • 9780231901581
  • 9780231877343
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Foreword -- To the Right Honourable John Lord Sommers -- The Bookseller to the Reader -- The Epistle Dedicatory to His Royal Highness Prince Posterity -- Preface -- Section I. Introduction -- Section II. A Tale of a Tub -- Section III. A Digression Concerning Criticks -- 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 Digression the Author's Compliment to the Readers, &c -- Section XI. A Tale of a Tub -- The Conclusion
Summary: The first major work of Jonathan Swift, A Tale of a Tub is a prose parody divided into sections examining the morals and ethics of the English. It presents a satire of religious excess, a commentary on the interconnection of politics and religion in England during the 17th century.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780231877343

Frontmatter -- Foreword -- To the Right Honourable John Lord Sommers -- The Bookseller to the Reader -- The Epistle Dedicatory to His Royal Highness Prince Posterity -- Preface -- Section I. Introduction -- Section II. A Tale of a Tub -- Section III. A Digression Concerning Criticks -- 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 Digression the Author's Compliment to the Readers, &c -- Section XI. A Tale of a Tub -- The Conclusion

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The first major work of Jonathan Swift, A Tale of a Tub is a prose parody divided into sections examining the morals and ethics of the English. It presents a satire of religious excess, a commentary on the interconnection of politics and religion in England during the 17th century.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)