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Nel celebre romanzo di Jonathan Swift (Dublino, 1667-1745) Gulliver compie quattro viaggi: nel primo incontra i minuscoli Lillipuziani, nel secondo i giganti di Brobdingnag, nel terzo i vacui sapienti dell’Isola volante. Nell’ultimo, in cui si imbatte nelle creature più orribili, gli Yahoo, Swift traccia un quadro così lucido e fosco dell’uomo e della società, che in un’intervista immaginaria George Orwell gli chiederà: “Troppo duro con l’umanità?”

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A set of 6 much-loved stories from classic English literature for children, brought together by Puffin Books in beautiful paperback cover designs.\n\nIn the strange countries of Lilliput, Brobdingnag, Laputa and the land of the Houyhnhnms, Gulliver meets some extraordinary people and remarkable creatures. From a race of miniature folk to some surprisingly gentle giants and wise horses, Gulliver sees society from many different perspectives. Back in England life seems very ordinary after all his experiences, but Gulliver's fantastic adventures change his views on human behaviour forever.\n\nIn the same collection:\nPeter Pan\nThe Great Adventures of Sherlock Holmes\nOliver Twist\nFive Children and It\nAlice's Adventures in Wonderland

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A tongue-in-cheek manual on how servants should cope with the demands of their masters and perform their tasks in ways that will best satisfy their indolence, wastefulness and greed, Directions to Servants takes a caustic and irreverent look at master-servant relations. Written towards the end of his writing career and published posthumously, this pamphlet shows Swift - who was himself known to be strict but fair to his own servants, as illustrated in the Appendix to this volume - at his witty and mischievous best.

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Part of Penguin's beautiful hardback Clothbound Classics series, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith, these delectable and collectible editions are bound in high-quality colourful, tactile cloth with foil stamped into the design. \n\nShipwrecked and cast adrift, Lemuel Gulliver wakes to find himself on Lilliput, an island inhabited by little people, whose height makes their quarrels over fashion and fame seem ridiculous. His subsequent encounters - with the crude giants of Brobdingnag, the philosophical Houyhnhnms and brutish Yahoos - give Gulliver new, bitter insights into human behaviour. Swift's savage satire views mankind in a distorted hall of mirrors as a diminished, magnified and finally bestial species, presenting us with an uncompromising reflection of ourselves.

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The perfect gift for a curious mind. Share your beloved childhood stories with the next generation! When Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon, sets off on the high seas in search of adventure, things never seem to go quite according to plan. Through a series of disasters and misadventures, he finds himself cast upon strange islands whose inhabitants are of the most unusual size, and the most confusing philosophies.\n\nGulliver's Travels has been loved by many generations of readers for almost 300 years, and the telling of the misfortunes and pleasures of its eponymous hero is one of Jonathan Swift's most enduring legacies.\n\nA full-colour illustrated edition of one of the world's best loved stories. 'Ingpen's drawings are utterly compelling' - Michael Morpurgo

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The misadventures of Lemuel Gulliver certainly are extraordinary. First he is shipwrecked in a strange land, and finds himself a prisoner of the tiny inhabitants of Lilliput. Then he washes up in Brobdingnag, where the people are giants of extraordinary proportions. Further exploits see him stranded with the scientists and philosophers of Laputa, and meeting a race of talking horses who rule over bestial humans.\n\n One of the finest satires in the English language, Gulliver's Travels delights in the mockery of everything from government to religion and - despite the passing of nearly three centuries - remains just as funny and relevant today.\n\n This gorgeous Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels features the beautiful artwork of the celebrated English illustrator Arthur Rackham, and an afterword by author and critic, Henry Hitchings.\n\n Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.

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Il testo consiste in un componimento satirico in cui l'autore, per risolvere i problemi dell'indigenza in cui viveva il popolo irlandese, dà come rimedio quello di cucinare i bambini del ceto meno abbiente.

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In Swift, padre della satira e dell'umorismo in lingua inglese, l'ironia sferzante e lo spirito anticonformista si traducono in satire senza tempo sulla società e le sue imperfezioni. Questa antologia raccoglie una selezione di grandi capolavori ancora oggi di grande attualità nei temi e nella forza satirica, come \"Una modesta proposta\", in cui Swift propone al lettore di usare i bambini come portata principale per le tavole delle classi benestanti dei ricchi e potenti irlandesi. Segue un altro classico come \"Istruzioni per il lacchè\", uno spassoso prontuario di consigli per il sabotaggio domestico indirizzato a giardinieri, cuochi, governanti e balie. Il \"Discorso contro l'abolizione del cristianesimo\" e \"L'arte della menzogna politica\" sono altre due parodie meno note che si fanno beffe rispettivamente dell'integralismo e del fanatismo di teologi e preti, e dei politici che, ieri come oggi, si confermano la più abbietta e scaltra categoria umana. È presente anche l'altro capolavoro della satira swiftiana: \"La favola della botte\", dove l'autore si scaglia contro la pedanteria e la presunzione di intellettuali e uomini di Chiesa. Seguono poi i \"Propositi per quando sarò vecchio\" e la \"Meditazione su di un manico di scopa\". In queste sferzanti parodie si mostra il talento più puro di Swift, nemico giurato di palloni gonfiati, falsi intellettuali e potenti senza scrupoli, che vengono sistematicamente annichiliti dalla penna pungente, sottile e divertente del grande scrittore irlandese.

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La “Favola della botte” di Jonathan Swift, la cui prima edizione apparve nel 1704, è annoverata tra i massimi capolavori comici della letteratura europea. Viene qui presentata nella magistrale versione di Gianni Celati, che riproduce il tono, l’arguzia sottile, e il largo fraseggio armonico della prosa settecentesca. Oltre a essere un’opera di scatenato divertimento verbale, la “Favola della botte” è un pamphlet filosofico che invita a una riflessione e a una ridefinizione dello spirito del progresso. Come scrive Gianni Celati nella postfazione: «Swift mette alla berlina un presupposto davvero caratteristico della modernità. È il presupposto che il senso comune sia cosa di scarso valore, ed un intralcio per le operazioni della mente. Perciò dovrà essere continuamente trasceso con varie forme di delirio, scientifico, letterario, o religioso». Satira tra le più roventi contro i dogmi del cattolicesimo e del puritanesimo, si allarga in una generale parodia delle mode, della politica, del sapere, mettendo a soqquadro quasi tutte le certezze dell’uomo moderno.

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What is the nature, essence and definition of a fart? What are the consequences and disadvantages of suppressing one? Why is farting considered to be taboo? Swift's The Benefit of Farting argues eloquently, in a forceful a posteriori fashion, that most of the distempers thought to affect the fairer sex are due to flatulences not adequately vented. \n\nTo complete the excursus into this venerable and age-old human activity, Charles James Fox's Essay upon Wind provides a detailed analysis, classification and history of farting, peppered with wit and curious anecdotes about particularly eminent farters of the past.

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Uses the narrative of a mock travel writer to explore exotic and imaginary locations. This book mounts a scathing attack on the morals, politics and learning of the 18th century, culminating in possibly the greatest satire ever written: the story of the Houyhnhnms.

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It is accompanied by detailed explanatory annotations.\n \n \"Contexts\" collects materials that influenced Swift's writing of the novel, as well as documents that suggest its initial reception, including Swift's correspondence, Alexander Pope's poems on Gulliver's Travels, and relevant passages from Gargantua and Pantagruel.\n \n \"Criticism\" includes fourteen assessments of Gulliver's Travels by the Earl of Orrery, Sir Walter Scott, Pat Rogers, Michael McKen, J.A. Downie, J. Paul Hunter, Laura Brown, Douglas Lane Patey, Dennis Todd, Richard H. Rodino. Irvin Ehrenpreis, Janine Barchas, Claude Rawson, and Howard D. Weinbrot.\n \n A Chronology and a Selected Bibliography are included.

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An extremely complex, yet widely studied text, Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels ranks as one of the most scathing satires of British and European society ever published. Students will therefore welcome the publication of Roger Lund’s sourcebook, which provides a clear way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surounds the text. This indispensable guide presents:\n\n\n\n \n\n \nextensive introductory comment on the contexts and many interpretations of the text, from publication to present\n \n\n \nannotated extracts from key contextual documents, reviews, critical works and the text itself\n \n\n \ncross-references between documents and sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism\n \n\n \nsuggestions for further reading.\n\nPart of the Routledge Gudies to Literature series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of Swift’s controversial novel.

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Gulliver's Travels is one of the few works of English literature which is also a landmark in world literature. Jonathan Swift's account of Lemuel Gulliver's adventures in the fantastical societies of 'remote nations' was an instant best-seller on publication in 1726 and has remained in the public imagination ever since, as both a satiric fantasy and an analysis of the human condition. This scholarly edition offers an authoritative text, based on the widest possible historical collation of the many editions published in Swift's lifetime; a detailed introduction and textual apparatus; and appendices and illustrations presenting important ancillary material with new clarity. Extensive notes and commentary open out the many layers of meaning and allusion in the text, identify new sources and parallels and offer wide-ranging historical background information. An important addition to the Cambridge Swift Edition, this volume will be indispensable for scholars and students of eighteenth-century literature and ideas.

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Antesignano di una lunga schiera, Oliver Goldsmith ebbe a notare che Swift aveva un fiuto particolare nello scavare e mettere a nudo le “brutture” naturali. In questo caso l’indicazione di nuove possibilità espressive del grottesco, della forma deformata, composita, nasce da un sostanziale apporto della scrittura. Certe pastorali urbane lutulente e sordide sono riscrittura rovesciata dei segni di una tradizione colta coinvolta anch’essa nel processo di degradazione. Si dà il caso di una poesia fruibile a più livelli, anche se quello didattico sembra condizionare tutti gli altri.

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In response to the dire economic conditions in eighteenth-century Ireland, A Modest Proposal ironically exhorts the poor to provide their offspring as food to the rich. Skilfully applying a wealth of classical rhetorical techniques, Swift's satirical tour de force takes a savage swipe at the selfishness of the ruling classes and the heartlessness of the various utilitarian solutions put forward by contemporary thinkers.\n\nIn addition to this seminal piece, this volume includes other humorous and polemical writings - which, taken together, provide an invaluable introduction to Swift as a master satirist and pamphleteer.

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Ironici, irriverenti, attualissimi, i testi di Swift e di Franklin dissacrano l’astrologia con le sue stesse armi, ma anche mediante il vaglio critico dei meccanismi che ne garantiscono ancora oggi la popolarità.\r\nScritti tra il 1708 e il 1709, questi opuscoli sono tra le opere più curiose e attuali di Swift: una satira corrosiva dell'astrologia, all'epoca diffusissima anche presso i potenti, tanto da rendere certi astrologi vere e proprie celebrità pubbliche. Fingendosi anch'egli astrologo (con il nome di Bickerstaff), Swift rivolge i propri strali contro il famoso John Partridge - specializzato nel predire la morte di sovrani e uomini comuni - del quale profetizza a sua volta la morte con argomenti tanto grotteschi quanto efficaci, espressi nello stile tipico degli astrologi suoi contemporanei. L'opera ebbe grande rinomanza nel XVIII secolo e non solo in Inghilterra: fu infatti ricordata con divertimento persino da Voltaire; un successo testimoniato anche dall'imitazione che tra il 1732 e il 1740 ne fece l'americano Franklin.

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A Tale of a Tub is the masterpiece of Swift's earlier years. It is presented here with The Battle of the Books, The Mechanical Operation of the Spirit, and the Additions. \nABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

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A wickedly clever satire uses comic inversions to offer telling insights into the nature of man and society, the Penguin Classics edition of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels is edited with an introduction and notes by Robert Demaria, Jr.\n\nGulliver's Travels describes the four voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon. In Lilliput he discovers a world in miniature; towering over the people and their city, he is able to view their society from the viewpoint of a god. However, in Brobdingnag, a land of giants, tiny Gulliver himself comes under observation, exhibited as a curiosity at markets and fairs. In Laputa, a flying island, he encounters a society of speculators and projectors who have lost all grip on everyday reality; while they plan and calculate, their country lies in ruins. Gulliver's final voyage takes him to the land of the Houyhnhnms, gentle horses whom he quickly comes to admire - in contrast to the Yahoos, filthy bestial creatures who bear a disturbing resemblance to humans.\n\nThis text, based on the first edition of 1726, reproduces all the original illustrations and includes an introduction by Robert Demaria, Jr, which discusses the ways Gulliver's Travels has been interpreted since its first publication.\n\nJonathan Swift (1667-1745) was born in Dublin. Sent to Kilkenny Grammar School when he was six, Swift later attended Trinity College, Dublin, where he received his BA degree in 1686. He is considered the foremost prose satirist in the English language, which stemmed from his criticism of Britain's repressive colonial policies in Ireland. Among Swift's best known works is his ironic masterpiece, 'A Modest Proposal' (1729), and his novel, Gulliver's Travels (1726).\n\nIf you enjoyed Gulliver's Travels, you might like H.G. Wells's The Time Machine, also available in Penguin Classics.\n\n'A masterwork of irony ... that contains both a dark and bitter meaning and a joyous, extraordinary creativity of imagination'\nMalcolm Bradbury

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The Journal to Stella, Jonathan Swift's letters to Esther Johnson, or 'Stella', and Rebecca Dingley, written between September 1710 and June 1713, offers an extraordinary commentary on Swift's experiences in London during the most politically active and exciting years of his career and evidence of his evolving relationship with the two women. This edition seeks for the first time both to situate the letters alongside Swift's other works and to place them within their original political, historical and cultural contexts. It brings together a combination of printed work and manuscript to present the most complete and accessible text possible, enhanced by the use of the latest digital image analysis techniques to reinstate previously indecipherable material. In addition to a new critical introduction and appendices, there is also a biographical appendix derived from recently available resources.

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The Penguin English Library Edition of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift\n\n'Fifteen hundred of the Emperor's largest horses, each about four inches and an half high, were employed to draw me towards the Metropolis, which, as I said, was half a Mile distant'\n\nA savage and hilarious satire, Gulliver's Travels sees Lemuel Gulliver shipwrecked and adrift, subject to bizarre and unnerving encounters with, among others, quarrelling Lilliputians, philosophizing horses and the brutish Yahoo tribe, that change his view of humanity - and himself - for ever. Swift's classic of 1726 portrays mankind in a distorted hall of mirrors as a diminished, magnified and finally bestial species, presenting us with a comical yet uncompromising reflection of ourselves.\n\nThe Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

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Swift's parodies are among his most fascinating works, but perhaps require most explication for the modern reader. Valerie Rumbold brings a new depth and detail to the editing of Swift's Bickerstaff papers, 'Polite Conversation', 'Directions to Servants' and other works on language and conduct. Highlights include a fresh investigation of the political and print contexts of the Bickerstaff papers, full commentaries on such smaller works as 'A Modest Defence of Punning' and 'On Barbarous Denominations in Ireland', identification and explanation of many additional sayings in 'Polite Conversation', and a detailed contextualisation of 'Directions to Servants' in contemporary domestic theory and practice. A substantial thematic Introduction is supplemented by an individual headnote and full annotation to each work. The Textual Introduction explores the publishing strategies adopted by Swift and his booksellers, and a separate Textual Account of each work presents and discusses changes in the texts over time.

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