A Tale of a Tub (Cyclopedia of Literary Places)
At a glance:
- Author: Jonathan Swift
- First Published: 1704
- Type of Work: Satire
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire, Parody
- Subjects: Religion, England or English people, Eighteenth century, Seventeenth century, Christianity, Wit or humor, Catholics or Catholic Church, Pretensions, Protestantism or Protestant churches, Sects
- Locales: England
Places Discussed
*Grub Street. Minor district of London near the northwest edge of the old walled city in the vicinity of Moorfields. Daniel Defoe, who was a master of popular writing at the time, lived nearby, and the region became the symbol for the new commercial writing that supported writers who did not have noble patrons. Swift satirizes these writers as Grubaean Sages. Since Covent Garden, as well as the merchant centers of the city, are close by in greater London, these hack writers of Grub Street can also be attacked as prostitutes of literature, associated with the...
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