Gulliver's Travels

Author(s): Jonathan Swift, Jonathan Swift

Literature

Shipwrecked and cast adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous. His subsequent encounters - with the crude giants of Brobdingnag, the philosophical Houyhnhnms and brutish Yahoos - give Gulliver new, bitter insights into human behaviour. Swift's savage satire views mankind in a distorted hall of mirrors as a diminished, magnified and finally bestial species, presenting us with an uncompromising reflection of ourselves.

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Anglo-Irish poet, satirist and clergyman, Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), was born in Dublin to English parents. He embarked on a career as diplomatic secretary and became increasingly involved in politics. He published many satirical works of verse and prose, including 'A Tale of a Tub', 'A Modest Proposal', and 'Gulliver's Travels'. Robert DeMaria, Jr. is Henry Noble MacCracken Professor of English at Vassar College, New York. He has published widely on 17th and 18th century literature.

General Fields

  • : 9780141439495
  • : Penguin UK
  • : Penguin
  • : 0.5
  • : February 2003
  • : 198mm X 129mm X 19mm
  • : October 2002
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Jonathan Swift, Jonathan Swift
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : English
  • : very good
  • : chronology, further reading, notes