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-Peter Lang GmbH (2006)-. Frank H. Ellis (Editor). First edition first impression 2006. xxiv+242 pages. Illustrated. Cloth. Near fine in dustjacket. Samuel Johnson, who did not like Swift, said that A Tale of a Tub �exhibits a vehemence and rapidity of mind, a copiousness of images, and vivacity of diction such as he afterwards never possessed or never exerted.� And in his old age �looking over the Tale, � Swift called out to Mrs. Whiteway, �Good God! What a genius I had when I wrote that book!� Harold Bloom says that A Tale of a Tub �is one of the handful of totally original works in the language.� This new edition presents the work as �an amazing comic book� which puts it in a class with Rabelais' Pantagruel. Both of these works became banned books, greatly increasing the sales. In this edition for the first time the Narrator of the text is discovered to be an authentic comic-pathetic character, with cropped ears, ill-cured syphilis, and suicidal impulses, waiting to be admitted to Bedlam, the new…
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- Title A Tale of a Tub: The Battle of the Books - The Mechanical Operation of the Spirit. Edited by Frank H. Ellis
- Author Jonathan Swift
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- Pages 242
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2007-03
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Maps
- ISBN 9783631546734 / 3631546734
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- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2007451750
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