The Genres of Gulliver's TravelsFrederik N. Smith A reevaluation of Swift's masterpiece and a test of the usefulness of examining a text through the perspective of genre. Gulliver is explored from the standpoint of picaresque, history, novel, children's literature, illustrated book, scientific prose, science fiction, philosophical treatise, and satire. |
Contents
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Introduction | 15 |
Some Reflections on the Hazards of Genre Criticism | 23 |
Exemplary History and the Political Satire of Gullivers Travels | 39 |
Gullivers Travels and the Novel | 56 |
Gullivers Travels as Childrens Book | 75 |
Gullivers Travels and the Genre of the Illustrated Book | 101 |
Gullivers Travels and The Philosophical Transactions | 139 |
Gulliver and the Origins of Science Fiction | 163 |
Gullivers Account of Houyhnhnmland as a Philosophical Treatise | 179 |
Trial by Satire | 203 |
Deconstructing Gullivers Travels Modern Readers and the Problematic of Genre | 230 |
Style Swifts Reader and the Genres of Gullivers Travels | 246 |
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