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The Role of the Reader of Eighteenth-Century Literature and Swift’s A Tale of a Tub
- Charles Pullen
- ESC: English Studies in Canada
- Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English
- Volume 1, Number 3, Fall 1975
- pp. 280-289
- 10.1353/esc.1975.0027
- Article
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T H E R O L E O F T H E R E A D E R O F E I G H T E E N T H - C E N T U R Y L I T E R A T U R E A N D S W I F T ' S A T A L E O F A T U B CH A R L ES P U LLEN Q u e e n 's U n i v e r s i t y ^ J o t t h e l e a st p o p u l a r a p p r o a c h t o l i t e r a t u r e a t t h e p r e se n t t i m e i s t h r o u g h c a t e g o r i z a t i o n , t h r o u g h w h a t w e m a y c a l l " t h e n a m i n g o f p a r t s ," a n d i t i s b e c a u se o f t h e st r o n g e m p h a si s u p o n t h i s m e t h o d t h a t I w o u l d su g g e st y e t a n o t h e r m e t h o d o f c a t e g o r i z a t i o n w h i c h i s n o t u n c o m m o n , i f i t i s so m e t i m e s u n c o n sc i o u sl y a p p l i e d . W e m i g h t t e n t a t i v e l y su g g e st t h a t a l l l i t e r a t u r e , w h a t e v e r t h e g e n r e , m o v e s t h r o u g h a sp e c t r u m w h i c h i n c l u d e s, a t i t s o n e e x t r e m e , w o r k s w h i c h a r e st r o n g l y t h e m a t i c , " a b o u t " so m e t h i n g , t o w o r k s w h i c h " a r e " so m e t h i n g . N o t , o f c o u r se , a p a r t i c u l a r l y st a r t l i n g p r o p o si t i o n , b u t o n e w h i c h i s n o t u se d a s o f t e n a s i t m i g h t b e i n a sse ssi n g R e st o r a t i o n a n d A u g u st a n l i t e r a t u r e . I n t h e m a i n , c e r t a i n h i st o r i c a l d e f i n i t i o n s an d c e r t a i n p r e o c c u p a t i o n s i n t h e c r i t i c i sm o f...
ISSN | 1913-4835 |
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Print ISSN | 0317-0802 |
Pages | pp. 280-289 |
Launched on MUSE | 2019-04-03 |
Open Access | No |
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