A Tale of a Tub / / Jonathan Swift.
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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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub) |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1930] ©1930 |
| Year of Publication: | 1930 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Table of 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