Gulliver's Travels (A Case Study in Contemporary Criticism) » (1st Edition)

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Presents the complete text of Gulliver's Travels, with five critical essays from theoretical perspectives such as feminism, the new historicism, deconstructionism, and psychoanalytic criticism. Features an introduction providing biographical and historical contexts for Swift's novel, and introductions to the history, principles, and practice of each critical perspective represented. Includes a survey of critical responses to the novel, and a glossary of critical and theoretical terms. No index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About the Series
About This Volume

PART I. GULLIVER'S TRAVELS: THE COMPLETE TEXT

Introduction: Biographical and Historical Contexts

The Complete Text [1965 Herbert Davis Edition, based on the Faulkner Edition of 1735]

PART II. GULLIVER'S TRAVELS: A CASE STUDY IN CONTEMPORARY CRITICISM

A Critical History of Gulliver's Travels

Feminist Criticism and Gulliver's Travels
What Is Feminist Criticism?
Feminist Criticism: A Selected Bibliography A Feminist Perspective:
Felicity A. Nussbaum, Gulliver's Malice: Gender and the Satiric Stance

New Historicism and Gulliver's Travels
What Is New Historicism?
New Historicism: A Selected Bibliography A New Historicist Perspective:
Carole Fabricant, History, Narrativity, and Swift's Project to "Mend the World"

Deconstruction and Gulliver's Travels
What Is Deconstruction?
Deconstruction: A Selected Bibliography A Deconstuctionist Perspective:
Terry Castle, Why the Houyhnhnms Don't Write: Swift, Satire, and the Fear of the Text

Reader-Response Criticism and Gulliver's Travels
What Is Reader-Response Criticism?
Reader-Response Criticism: A Selected Bibliography A Reader-Response Perspective:
Michael J. Conlon, Performance as Response in Swift's Gulliver's Travels

Psychoanalytic Criticism and Gulliver's Travels
What Is Psychoanalytic Criticism?
Psychoanalytic Criticism: A Selected Bibliography A Psychoanalytic Perspective:
Carol Barash, Violence and the Maternal: Swift, Psychoanalysis, and the 1720s

Glossary of Critical and Theoretical Terms

About the Contributors