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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Robinson, Elaine L., 1935- Gulliver as slave trader. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., ©2006 (OCoLC)607860048 |
Named Person: | Jonathan Swift; Jonathan Swift; Jonathan Swift; Jonathan Swift; Jonathan Swift; Jonathan Swift |
Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Elaine L Robinson |
ISBN: | 0786425865 9780786425860 |
OCLC Number: | 70174952 |
Description: | ix, 241 pages ; 23 cm |
Contents: | The African slave trade -- Malignant aggression -- "Flagitious and facinorous acts" -- Repository of abominations -- Black superiority. |
Responsibility: | Elaine L. Robinson. |
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Abstract:
Discusses the theory that ""Gulliver's Travels"" was Swift's vehicle to condemn the African slave trade and promote the adoption of real rather than simply nominal Christianity. This title demonstrates that Swift tells us his meaning with an abundance of clues and references, which he left throughout ""Gulliver's Travels.
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