Swift's Parody (Paperback)

Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Theoretical orientations; 2. Restoration enterprises and their rhetorics; 3. Parody and play of stigma in pamphlet warfare; 4. The problem of anarchic parody: An Argument against Abolishing Christianity; 5. Authority and author: the disappearing centre in Swiftian parody; 6. Entrance to A Tale of a Tub; 7. A Tale of a Tub as an orphaned text; 8. A Tale of a Tub as Swift's own illegitimate issue; Conclusion: Parodic disguise and the negotiability of A Tale of a Tub; Select bibliography; Index.