A Tale of a Tub - (1704) (eBook, ePUB) - Swift, Jonathan
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This vintage book contains Jonathan Swift's 1704 satire, &quote;A Tale of a Tub&quote;. 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 &quote;profane&quote;. Contents include: &quote;The Introduction&quote;, &quote;A Digression Concerning Critics&quote;, &quote;A Tale of a…mehr

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This vintage book contains Jonathan Swift's 1704 satire, "e;A Tale of a Tub"e;. 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 "e;profane"e;. Contents include: "e;The Introduction"e;, "e;A Digression Concerning Critics"e;, "e;A Tale of a Tub"e;, "e;A Digression in the Modern Kind"e;, "e;A Tale of a Tub"e;, "e;A Digression in Praise of Digressions"e;, "e;A Tale of a Tub"e;, "e;A Digression Concerning the Original"e;, "e;A Farther Digression"e;, "e;A Tale of a Tub"e;, 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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Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was an Anglo-Irish author, political pamphleteer, poet, and Anglican cleric. He is widely considered to be the greatest prose satirist in the English language.