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Jonathan Swift : a critical introduction by Donoghue, Denis. is a literary studies available to read on EtoBox.
What is Jonathan Swift : a critical introduction about?
In this concise critical survey, Professor Donoghue looks at Swift's whole output, and expresses a fresh sense of his literary character. In particular, he questions the widespread view that Swift is to be understood in terms of irony, persona or mask. He points out, for instance, that Swift's irony is not continuous, and that his sense of form is not ours. We should not see him as producing elaborate artistic structures, but as meeting particular needs which forced themselves upon him. We need
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- Author
- Donoghue, Denis.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)
- Published
- 1971
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780521141352
- Category
- literary studies
- Subjects
- Literary Criticism, Literary Fiction, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
- Updated
- 2026-03-24
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