The Cambridge companion to Gulliver's travels /

Jonathan Swift's satirical masterpiece, Gulliver's Travels, has shocked and delighted readers worldwide since its publication in 1726. At turns a humorous and harrowing indictment of human behaviour, it has been endlessly reinterpreted by critics and adapted across media by other artists....

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Gespeichert in:
Hauptverfasser:
Cook, Daniel, Seager, Nicholas
Weitere Verfasser:
Cook, Daniel (HerausgeberIn), Seager, Nicholas (HerausgeberIn)
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2024.
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
Jonathan Swift's satirical masterpiece, Gulliver's Travels, has shocked and delighted readers worldwide since its publication in 1726. At turns a humorous and harrowing indictment of human behaviour, it has been endlessly reinterpreted by critics and adapted across media by other artists. The Cambridge Companion to Gulliver's Travels comprises 17 original chapters by leading scholars, written in a theoretically-informed but accessible style. As well as providing detailed close readings of each part of the narrative, this Companion relates Gulliver's Travels to the political, religious, scientific, colonial, and intellectual debates in which Swift was engaged, and it assesses the form of the book as a novel, travel book, philosophical treatise, and satire. Finally, it explores the Travels' rich and varied afterlives: the controversies it has fuelled, the films and artworks it has inspired, and the enduring need authors have felt to 'write back' to Swift's original, disturbing, and challenging story.
Umfang:
1 online resource (xix, 250 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Anmerkungen:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Oct 2023).
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Schriftenreihe:
Cambridge Companions to Literature
ISBN:
9781108904421
1108904424
9781108905442
1108905447
9781108909488
1108909485
Schlagworte:
Swift, Jonathan, > 1667-1745. > Gulliver's travels.
Swift, Jonathan, > 1667-1745 > Criticism and interpretation.
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