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A tale of a tub /
Jump into Jonathan Swift's take-no-prisoners parody of seventeenth-century Christianity. Equal parts uproarious humor and incisive satire, A Tale of a Tub dissects the foibles and shortcomings of three brothers, each of whom represents a different branch of the Christian religion. Swift, himsel...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Auckland, N.Z.] :
Floating Press,
Ã2009.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title; Contents; Advert; To the Right Honourable John Lord Somers; The Bookseller to the Reader; The Epistle Dedicatory to His Royal Highness Prince Posterity; The Preface; Section I
- The Introduction; Section II; Section III
- A Digression Concerning Critics; 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 Farther Digression.
- Section XI
- A Tale of a TubThe Conclusion; The History of Martin; A Digression on the Nature, Usefulness, and Necessity of Wars and Quarrels; The History of Martin- Continued; A Project for the Universal Benefit of Mankind; Endnotes.