Jonathan Swift's prose has been discussed extensively as satire,
but its major structural element, parody, has not received the
attention it deserves. Focusing mainly on works before 1714, and
especially on A Tale of a Tub, this study explores Swift's writing
primarily as parody. Robert Phiddian follows the constructions and
deconstructions of textual authority through the texts on
cultural-historical, biographical, and literary-theoretical levels.
The historical interest lies in the occasions of the parodies: in
their relations with the texts and discourses which they quote and
distort, and in the way this process reflects on the generation of
cultural authority in late Stuart England. The biographical
interest lies in a new way of viewing Swift's early career as a
potentially Whiggish intellectual. The theoretical and
interpretative interest lies in tracing the play of language and
irony through parody.
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