Gulliver`s Travels: the initial reason it was written
Title: Gulliver`s Travels: the initial reason it was written
Category: /Literature/European Literature
Details: Words: 1204 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
Gulliver`s Travels: the initial reason it was written
Category: /Literature/European Literature
Details: Words: 1204 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
The out come of a literary gamble, the satirical narrative Gulliver's Travels ` holds a mirror ' to the corruption present in 18th century English society, whilst satirising the Crusoesque travel literature popular at the time and exploring the contradictions of human nature.
The initial aims of Gulliver's Travels, aside from satirising travel literature, were to expose and disparage the evils present in English society, moreover, Swift knew that the perfect format in which to satirise …showed first 75 words of 1204 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 1204 total…Travels ` holds a mirror ' to the corruption present in 18th century English society, whilst satirising the Crusoesque travel literature popular at the time and exploring the contradictions of human nature.
The initial aims of Gulliver's Travels, aside from satirising travel literature, were to expose and disparage the evils present in English society, moreover, Swift knew that the perfect format in which to satirise the System was the detached form of an anonymous fictional tale.