Jonathan Swift's On Poetry--a Rapsody: A Critical Edition, with a Historical Introduction and Commentary
- ISBN-10
- 3631532652
- ISBN-13
- 9783631532652
- Category
- Poetics
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2004
- Publisher
- Münsteraner Monographien zur englischen Literatur / Münster Monographs on English Literature
- Author
- Melanie Just
Description
On Poetry: A Rapsody is one of Jonathan Swift's most complex and controversial poems. This study presents, for the first time, a detailed analysis and interpretation of what, on a surface level, has to be called a mock ars poetica, but which, on a deeper level, is a highly allusive political satire. The main emphasis has been placed on providing a commentary which seeks to make this 18th-century text within its historical, political, and religious context comprehensible to present-day readers.
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