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'I cannot but conclude the bulk of your natives to be the most pernicious race of little odious vermin that nature ever suffered to crawl upon the surface of the earth.'
Shipwrecked on the high seas, Lemuel Gulliver finds himself washed up on the strange island of Lilliput, a land inhabited by quarrelsome miniature people. On his travels he continues to meet others who force him to reflect on human behaviour - the giants of Brobdingnag, the Houyhnhnms and the Yahoos. In this scathing satire on the politics and morals of the 18th Century, Swift's condemnation of society and its institutions still resonates today.
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
"David Womersley's massive, magnificent edition of Gulliver's Travels is cause for celebration ... No edition of Gulliver's Travels approaches this one in scope and authority."
David Oakleaf, The Review of English Studies "David Womersley's new edition of Gulliver's Travels is a scholarly feat - and feast ... splendid ... readers have never been better positioned to experience the manifold pleasures and surprises of this journey."
Notes and Queries "... [this] scholarly edition of Gulliver's Travels is a treasure."
Karen Swallow Prior, Books and Culture (booksandculture.com) "This weighty tome fulfils with aplomb the considerable demands required of a new standard edition of Swift's masterpiece, and will be essential reading for scholars of the eighteenth century."
Greg Lynall, Modern Language Review "This is a vast contribution to the Cambridge Swift Project ... [It] will stand for many years as the premier edition of the work ..."
Jonathan Lamb, SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900
David Oakleaf, The Review of English Studies "David Womersley's new edition of Gulliver's Travels is a scholarly feat - and feast ... splendid ... readers have never been better positioned to experience the manifold pleasures and surprises of this journey."
Notes and Queries "... [this] scholarly edition of Gulliver's Travels is a treasure."
Karen Swallow Prior, Books and Culture (booksandculture.com) "This weighty tome fulfils with aplomb the considerable demands required of a new standard edition of Swift's masterpiece, and will be essential reading for scholars of the eighteenth century."
Greg Lynall, Modern Language Review "This is a vast contribution to the Cambridge Swift Project ... [It] will stand for many years as the premier edition of the work ..."
Jonathan Lamb, SEL Studies in English Literature 1500-1900
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Pub date:
2012-12-17
Length:
907 pages
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