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A Tale of a Tub

A Tale of a Tub

Swift, Jonathan

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Classic FictionGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN10: 1721749829
ISBN13: 9781721749829
Publisher: Createspace
Published: Jun 22 2018
Pages: 108
Weight: 0.44
Height: 0.22 Width: 7.01 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
A Tale of a Tub by Jonathan Swift. A Tale of a Tub was the first major work written by Jonathan Swift, arguably his most difficult satire and perhaps his most masterly. The Tale is a prose parody divided into sections each delving into the morals and ethics of the English. Composed between 1694 and 1697, it was eventually published in 1704. It was long regarded as a satire on religion, and has famously been attacked for that, starting with William Wotton. A Tale of a Tub is divided between various forms of digression and sections of a tale. The tale, or narrative, is an allegory of three brothers, Peter, Martin, and Jack, as they attempt to make their way in the world. Each brother represents one of the primary branches of Christianity in the West. This part of the book is a pun on tub, which Alexander Pope says was a common term for a Dissenter's pulpit, and a reference to Swift's own position as a clergyman. Peter (named for Saint Peter) stands in for the Roman Catholic Church.

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