Gulliver as Slave Trader: Racism Reviled by Jonathan SwiftMcFarland, Incorporated, Publishers, 25. juuli 2006 - 252 pages The pointed social commentaries of master satirist Jonathan Swift are heavy with irony, but Swift rarely left any doubt about his true meaning. In the case of Gulliver's Travels, however, Swift's meaning has been the subject of debate among scholars for almost 300 years. Here, Elaine Robinson offers a new and fascinating interpretation for this literary classic. Pointing out clues throughout Gulliver, Robinson demonstrates Swift's uses of Everyman, Bernard of Clairvaux, Bonaventure, Boccaccio, Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare and Milton to define real Christianity as a basis for protesting the African slave trade and racism. In doing so, she illuminates Swift's insight, honesty, piercing irony, and brilliant wit, and calls attention to the disturbing relevance of Gulliver's Travels in the 21st century. |
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... Step of Pride . But the truth is : Among all living beings , to man alone was given the ability to sin , as part of ... step of pride , the first step of the path that leads away from God , incor- porates external knowledge and sense ...
... Step of Pride , the first step of the path that leads away from truth ( God ) . Ironically prefiguring his own end , Gulliver commits Foolish Mirth , the Third Step of Pride , at the expense of one of his master's friends who is ...
... Step of Pride , Friv- olity , " in Burch , 199 . 43. Swift , " Thoughts on Religion , ” vol . 10 , Works . 44. Swift , " Sermon on Mutual Subjection , " vol . 10 , Works . 45. Bernard , " The Second Step of Truth , " in Burch , 153 . 46 ...
Contents
Acknowledgments | 1 |
The African Slave Trade 2525 | 67 |
Flagitious and Facinorous Acts | 92 |
Copyright | |
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