Swift and Mimetic Sickness.

The article presents literary criticism of the essay "A Modest Proposal" and the books "Gulliver's Travels" and "A Tale of a Tub" by Jonathan Swift. It examines Jonathan Swift's critiques of modernity, with a particular focus on the concept of mimesis as explored in the book "Mimesis and Alterity" b...

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Published in:	Eighteenth Century: Theory & Interpretation Vol. 54; no. 3; pp. 359 - 374
Main Author:	Mackie, Erin
Format:	Literary Criticism
Published:	University of Pennsylvania Press Fall2013
Subjects:	Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 Gulliver's Travels (Book : Swift) Tale of a Tub, A (Book : Swift) Modernity Mimesis Mimesis & Alterity (Book) Taussig, Michael Print culture Eighteenth century History
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