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Book SynopsisApproaching Gulliver's Travels from a variety of critical perspectives, this Cambridge Companion provides students and researchers with a multifaceted understanding of the enduring legacy of one of literature's most profound and provocative works of fiction in the lead-up to the 300th anniversary of its first publication.
Table of ContentsPart I. Contexts: 1. Politics Joseph Hone; 2. Religion Ian Higgins; 3. Bodies and Gender Liz Bellamy; 4. Science, Empire, and Observation Gregory Lynall; Part II. Genres: 5. Popular Fiction J. A. Downie; 6. Satire Pat Rogers; 7. Travel Writing Dirk F. Passmann; 8. Philosophical Tale Paddy Bullard; Part III. Reading Gulliver's Travels: 9. Advertisements and Authorship Brean Hammond; 10. A Voyage to Lilliput Melinda Alliker Rabb; 11. A Voyage to Brobdingnag Nicholas Seager; 12. A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, &c. Barbara M. Benedict; 13. A Voyage to the Land of the Houyhnhnms Judith Hawley; Part IV. Afterlives: 14. Critical Reception Jack Lynch; 15. Further Voyages Daniel Cook; 16. Visual Culture Ruth Menzies; 17. Screen Media Emrys Jones.
