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Misanthropy in Swift's "Gulliver's Travels"

Book Summary by: AcaDemon    


Two different opposing viewpoints of misanthropy in "Gulliver's Travels" are detailed, compared and contrasted. The author
uses "Satire in the Works of Swift and Gay" by Catherine Cooper and "Swift's Gulliver's Travels", a lecture by Ian Johnston, to contrast and compare the two different viewpoints. The arguments presented by both these authors are reviewed and analyzed in order to determine which one is a more accurate interpretation of Gulliver's view of humanity.
Published: November 12, 2006
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