The converting imagination : linguistic theory and Swift's satiric prose /

By illuminating Jonathan Swift's fascination with language, Marilyn Francus shows how the linguistic questions posed by his work are at the forefront of twentieth-century literary criticism: What constitutes meaning in language? How do people respond to language? Who has (or should have) author...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Francus, Marilyn
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©1994.
Temas:
Swift, Jonathan, > 1667-1745 > Knowledge > Language and languages.
Swift, Jonathan, > 1667-1745 > Prose.
Swift, Jonathan, > 1667-1745.
Satire, English > History and criticism > Theory, etc.
Linguistics.
Linguistique.
linguistics.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Criticism and interpretation.
Language and languages.
Linguistics
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. Swift's Linguistic Education
  • 2. The Rhetoric of Satire: Swift's Methods of Encoding Meaning
  • 3. From Here to Eternity: The Prescription of Encoded Meaning
  • 4. Readers, Critics, and Swift: Perceiving Encoded Meaning.

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