The Poïesis of Non-Modern Modernity: Swift’s Battle of the Books
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The Poïesis of Non-Modern Modernity: Swift’s Battle of the Books
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One might begin by stating the obvious: Jonathan Swift’s works and entire career as a clergyman, satirist and pamphleteer are defined by his resistance to Modernity, which he repeatedly derided by assuming the persona of “the most devoted Servant of all Modern Forms” seeking to accomplish “the general Good of Mankind” (Prose Works 1.27; 77). Swift spent his life recording the manner in which traditional moral discourse mutates into modern commercial discourse. Significantly, the earliest cita...
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Zimpfer, Nathalie
Publisher
Société d'études anglo-américaines des XVIIe et XVIIIe siècles
XVII-XVIII
Date
2016-12-05
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
article
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urn:doi:10.4000/1718.684
http://journals.openedition.org/1718/684
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en
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info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/0291-3798
info:eu-repo/semantics/reference/issn/2117-590X
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