Swift: Gulliver''s Travels

Klappentext This critical introduction to Gulliver's Travels aims at giving a fresh and impartial account of the world-famous satire. Zusammenfassung This is a critical introduction that gives a fresh and impartial account of the world-famous satire. It explores the historical and literary backgrounds! Swift's narrative and stylistic art and discusses the the relation of the four parts of the Travels to one another. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chronological table; 1. Introduction; 2. Different kingdoms, different parties; 3. Marvels and voyages; 4. A voyage to Lilliput; 5. A voyage to Brobdingnag; 6. A voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnag, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan; 7. A voyage to the country of the Houyhnhnms; 8. Concluding remarks; 9. The fictional aftermath.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Howard Erskine-Hill, Erskine-Hill Howard
• Collaboration: J. P. Stern (Editeur)
• Edition: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 30.07.1993
• EAN: 9780521338424
• ISBN: 978-0-521-33842-4
• Pages: 128
• Thèmes: Lwl; Landmarks of World Literature
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Linguistique et littérature anglaises; English, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, LITERARY CRITICISM / Novel as Form