Heretics · Character
Swift
Jonathan Swift, satirist and author of Gulliver's Travels, cited for his irony.
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First appearance: heretics
Swift shows up with force in XVI: On Mr. McCabe and a Divine Frivolity. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Mentioned as an example of someone whose humorous method (in Gulliver) does not detract from the sincerity of his pessimistic message.
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In XVI: On Mr. McCabe and a Divine Frivolity: Mentioned as an example of someone whose humorous method (in Gulliver) does not detract from the sincerity of his pessimistic message. Later, in XVII: On the Wit of…
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