Jonathan Swift and the Burden of the Future
| Author | : Alan D. Chalmers |
| Publisher | : University of Delaware Press |
| Total Pages | : 188 |
| Release | : 1995 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0874135540 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780874135541 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (541 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Jonathan Swift and the Burden of the Future by : Alan D. Chalmers
Download or read book Jonathan Swift and the Burden of the Future written by Alan D. Chalmers and published by University of Delaware Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Alan Chalmers's Jonathan Swift and the Burden of the Future explores Swift's temporal apprehension in the context of the pertinent seventeenth- and eighteenth-century religious, scientific, and cultural debates. It also compares Swift's imaginative understanding of time with that of such other writers as Juvenal, Rabelais, Milton, Pope, Gray, and Whitman."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved