Gulliver’s Travels (Magill Book Reviews)
At a glance:
- Author: Jonathan Swift
- First Published: 1726
- Type of Work: Satiric Fiction
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire, Adventure
- Subjects: Values, Traveling or travelers, Voyages, Intellectuals, Folkloric or magical people, Mythical animals, Politics, Prisoners, Escapes, Social issues, Religion, Class consciousness, Human race, Eighteenth century, Islands, Kings, queens, or royalty, Rulers, Fantasy, Corruption, Shipwrecks, Adventure, Government, Horses, Satire, Giants, Royal courts or courtiers
- Locales: England, Mythical lands
Swift’s jaundiced view of the politics and mores of the England of his day are elaborated in the form of four allegorical tales in which the narrator, Lemuel Gulliver, observes the local customs in foreign lands while becoming increasingly disenchanted with his own world. The transformation from the magnanimous benefactor of the Lilliputians (among whom Gulliver is a giant) to the misanthrope who can barely endure the company of his own family (preferring to live in his stable among horses) is accomplished with consummate narrative skill and a sure instinct for pretense and...
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