Factions' Fictions: Ideological Closure in Swift's SatireUniversity of Delaware Press, 1991 - 212 pages An understanding of the linguistic, political, and moral ramifications of Private Spirit (the parochialism and partiality typical of clubs, parties, and cabals) provides insights into the logic behind Swiftian polemic and satire. Swiftian satire, an essentially private joke offering exclusive satisfaction to an elite fraternity of insiders, is shown to be a creative rhetorical adaption of private spirit. |
Contents
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Faction and Private Interest | 33 |
Public versus Private Spirit | 34 |
Private Systems and Leagues | 37 |
Generous and Public Thoughts | 39 |
Private Interest | 40 |
Cabals and Clubs | 43 |
Private Affections | 46 |
Consent | 103 |
Vox Populi Vox Dei | 111 |
Some Conclusions | 113 |
Convention | 114 |
History Authority and Precedent | 117 |
Originality | 119 |
On Fashion | 121 |
BookBurning Parsimony Private Jokes and Antinomian Fiction Introduction | 123 |
Opinion | 49 |
Parochialism | 52 |
The Indian Perspective | 53 |
Universality and Particularity | 56 |
From Particulars to Generals | 58 |
Nations Professions and Communityes | 60 |
From Hypocrisy to Ideology | 63 |
Private Language and Private Morality | 65 |
Locke and Swift on Linguistic Abuse | 67 |
From Political Lying to Bespoke Discourse | 76 |
Private Languages | 78 |
Private Morality | 84 |
Essential and Contingent Distinctions | 85 |
One of the Species | 88 |
Secret and Tacit Consent | 93 |
Party Common Forms and Revolution Principles | 94 |
The Objective Observer and the Partisan | 96 |
Deficiencies of the Pure Whig Case | 98 |
The Tory Case | 99 |
Contract and Nonresistance | 100 |
A Strict NonReader | 124 |
The Deluge of Print | 125 |
The Hanging Judge | 128 |
Burning Books | 133 |
Number as a Shibboleth of Corruption | 137 |
Parsimony | 139 |
Consistency | 141 |
Parody | 145 |
Irrelevance | 146 |
Familiarity and Satire | 149 |
Irony and Private Jokes | 152 |
Satire and Private Spirit | 154 |
From Reformation to Quotation | 157 |
Conclusion | 160 |
Appendix | 164 |
Notes | 165 |
Bibliography | 182 |
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