The sermons of Jonathan Swift : silent rhetoric /
Jonathan Swift's theological views have always elicited widely diverse responses. Relatively little is known about the immediate setting of Swift's childhood and the influencing factors of this period which shaped his views. However, what we do know helps us get a fuller grasp of Swift as...
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Liverpool :
Liverpool University Press on behalf of the Voltaire Foundation, University of Oxford,
[2024].
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| Series: | Oxford University studies in the Enlightenment ;
2024:09. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I: Introductory matters. Chapter 1: Jonathan Swift, language, and the duality of signs
- Chapter 2: Swift, intention and interpretation
- Chapter 3: Understanding homiletic language part II: Reading the sermons. Introduction: Swift as satirist and preacher: Mythopoesis and the consistency dogma
- Chapter 1: Swift's sermons and the transmission of the gospel
- Chapter 2: Swift and institutional regulation: From theology to politics
- Chapter 3: The rhetoric and communication style of Swiftian homiletics
- Conclusion
- Appendix: Scriptural references and allusions in the sermons.