Swift: Gulliver's Travels

Howard Erskine-Hill

doi:10.1017/9781139166102

This critical introduction to Gulliver's Travels aims at giving a fresh and impartial account of the world-famous satire. It characterises the significant historical and literary background to the work, and explores the text itself in the reading order intended by Swift. It gives proper attention to Swift's narrative and stylistic art, and to the experience of the reader, which have tended to be neglected in the course of prolonged academic arguments over interpretation. It also discusses the relation of the four parts of the Travels to one another. A final chapter sketches the fictional aftermath of the Travels from the eighteenth to the twentieth century.

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pp i-iv
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Dedication
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Contents
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Acknowledgements
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Textual note
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Chronology
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1 - Introduction
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2 - Different kingdoms, different parties
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3 - Marvels and voyages
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4 - A voyage to Lilliput
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5 - A voyage to Brobdingnag
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6 - A voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnag, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan
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7 - A voyage to the country of the Houyhnhnms
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8 - Concluding
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9 - The fictional aftermath
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Guide to further reading
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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Dedication
pp v-vi

Contents
pp vii-vii

Acknowledgements
pp viii-viii

Textual note
pp ix-ix

Chronology
pp x-xvi

1 - Introduction
pp 1-2

2 - Different kingdoms, different parties
pp 3-10

3 - Marvels and voyages
pp 11-21

4 - A voyage to Lilliput
pp 22-36

5 - A voyage to Brobdingnag
pp 37-47

6 - A voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnag, Glubbdubdrib, and Japan
pp 48-60

7 - A voyage to the country of the Houyhnhnms
pp 61-79

8 - Concluding
pp 80-93

9 - The fictional aftermath
pp 94-104

Guide to further reading
pp 105-110

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