| A Tale of a Tub - (1704) Contributor(s): Swift, Jonathan (Author) |
|
 |
ISBN: 1406791687 ISBN-13: 9781406791686 Publisher: Pomona Press OUR PRICE: $20.89 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2006 Annotation: Swift's A Tale of a Tub and The Battle of the Books are among the master pieces of English satire. Included with them in this volume are: The History of Martin, A Project for the Universal Benefit of Mankind, A Discourse concerning the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit, A Meditation upon a Broomstick, A Tritical Essay Upon the Faculties of the Mind, The Bickerstaff Papers, Hints toward an Essay on Conversation, and A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation - in Three Dialogues. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Religious - General - Fiction | Satire |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.57 lbs) 198 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This vintage book contains Jonathan Swift's 1704 satire, A Tale of a Tub . The first major work that he wrote, it is a prose parody about two brothers who are each representative of the chief aspects of western Christianity. It mainly deals with the ideas of religious enthusiasm, pride, and credulity. Published at a time when religion was an intrinsic aspect of politics, the work was widely condemned, with Queen Anne going as far as to call it profane . Contents include: The Introduction, A Digression Concerning Critics, A Tale of a Tub, A Digression in the Modern Kind, A Tale of a Tub, A Digression in Praise of Digressions, "A Tale of a Tub, A Digression Concerning the Original, A Farther Digression, A Tale of a Tub, et cetera. Jonathan Swift (1667 1745) was an Anglo-Irish essayist, satirist, poet, and cleric. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction." |