A MATHEMATICAL ERROR IN JONATHAN SWIFT'S "A MODEST PROPOSAL".
Focuses on a mathematical error in computation of Jonathan Swift's book 'A Modest Proposal.' Error in calculating the number of infants; Misinterpretation of Swift's message in the book due to the error.
| Published in: | American Notes & Queries Vol. 15; no. 4; pp. 53 - 56 |
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| Format: | Literary Criticism |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Dec76
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