Swift critics

Question: who is Gulliver, how should we regard him; what contemporary sources cast light on his state and on Swift's views?

Extracts from: Brady, Frank, ed., Twentieth Century Interpretations of Gulliver's Travels. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1968.

p. 30: T. O. Wedel, "On the Philosophical Background of Gulliver's Travels"

pp. 92-3: "Martin Price, "Swift: Order and Obligation"

pp. 104-5: Roland Mushat Frye, "Swift's Yahoos and the Christian Symbols for Sin"

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Document prepared November 10th 2006