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Description Jonathan Swift's prose has been discussed extensively as satire, but its major structural element, parody, has not received the attention it deserves. Focusing mainly on works before 1714, and especially on A Tale of a Tub, this study explores Swift's writing primarily as parody. Robert Phiddian follows the constructions and deconstructions of textual authority through the texts on cultural-historical, biographical, and literary-theoretical levels. The historical interest lies in the occasions of the parodies: in their relations with the texts and discourses which they quote and distort, and in the way this process reflects on the generation of cultural authority in late Stuart England. The biographical interest lies in a new way of viewing Swift's early career as a potentially Whiggish intellectual. The theoretical and interpretative interest lies in tracing the play of language and irony through parody. Product Description Review 'Robert Phiddian's ferociously intelligent book … is based on a strenuous, witty, and good-tempered engagement with a very wide range not only of primary but also of secondary writings.' The Review of English Studies Book Description Parody has not received the attention it deserves as the major structural element of Jonathan Swift's prose. Robert Phiddian explores the parody in Swift's early texts, especially A Tale of a Tub, and throws new light both on the theory of parody and on developments in British culture in the eighteenth century. Publisher: Cambridge University Press (9 November 1995) Language: English ISBN-10: 052147437X ISBN-13: 978-0521474375    Sharing Widget |