Swift’s Satires on Modernism: Battlegrounds of Reading and Writing
Description
More than three centuries later, Jonathan Swift's writing remains striking and relevant. In this engaging study, Atkins brings forty-plus years of critical experience to bear on some of the greatest satires ever written, revealing new contexts for understanding post-Reformation reading practices and the development of the modern personal essay.
Keywords
Literary CriticismEuropeanReligionChristianityPhilosophyModern18th CenturyLanguage Arts & DisciplinesLinguisticsRenaissance
2012Book
Author(s)G. Atkins
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan US
ISBN9781137311627
LanguageEnglish
