A Tale of a Tub - (1704)
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A Tale of a Tub - (1704)

  1. 198 pages
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eBook - ePub

A Tale of a Tub - (1704)

About this book

This vintage book contains Jonathan Swift's 1704 satire, "A Tale of a Tub". The first major work that he wrote, it is a prose parody about two brothers who are each representative of the chief aspects of western Christianity. It mainly deals with the ideas of religious enthusiasm, pride, and credulity. Published at a time when religion was an intrinsic aspect of politics, the work was widely condemned, with Queen Anne going as far as to call it "profane". Contents include: "The Introduction", "A Digression Concerning Critics", "A Tale of a Tub", "A Digression in the Modern Kind", "A Tale of a Tub", "A Digression in Praise of Digressions", "A Tale of a Tub", "A Digression Concerning the Original", "A Farther Digression", "A Tale of a Tub", et cetera. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was an Anglo-Irish essayist, satirist, poet, and cleric. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction.

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Information

Publisher
Pomona Press
Year
2016
Print ISBN
9781406791686
eBook ISBN
9781473360884
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Classics
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. A TALE OF A TUB
  2. Jonathan Swift
  3. TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE JOHN LORD SOMERS.
  4. THE BOOKSELLER TO THE READER.
  5. THE PREFACE.
  6. SECTION I. THE INTRODUCTION.
  7. SECTION II.
  8. SECTION III. A DIGRESSION CONCERNING CRITICS.
  9. SECTION IV. A TALE OF A TUB.
  10. SECTION V. A DIGRESSION IN THE MODERN KIND.
  11. SECTION VI. A TALE OF A TUB.
  12. SECTION VII. A DIGRESSION IN PRAISE OF DIGRESSIONS.
  13. SECTION VIII. A TALE OF A TUB.
  14. SECTION IX. A DIGRESSION CONCERNING THE ORIGINAL, THE USE, AND IMPROVEMENT OF MADNESS IN A COMMONWEALTH.
  15. SECTION X. A FARTHER DIGRESSION.
  16. SECTION XI. A TALE OF A TUB.
  17. THE CONCLUSION.
  18. THE HISTORY OF MARTIN.
  19. A DIGRESSION ON THE NATURE, USEFULNESS, AND NECESSITY OF WARS AND QUARRELS.
  20. THE HISTORY OF MARTIN—Continued.
  21. A PROJECT FOR THE UNIVERSAL BENEFIT OF MANKIND.