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- Title
Blasphemy or Blessing? Swift's 'Scatological' Poems.
- Authors
Rodino, Richard H.
- Abstract
The article provides an overview of criticism regarding the English poet Jonathan Swift's "scatological" poems, with particular focus given to critical reactions to their sexual, scatological, and misogynistic content. Poems including "The Progress of Beauty," "Strephon and Chloe," and "The Lady's Dressing Room" are commented on, and the application of psychoanalysis to Swiftian criticism is explored.
- Subjects
SWIFT, Jonathan, 1667-1745; PROGRESS of Beauty, The (Poem); STREPHON &; Chloe (Poem); LADY'S Dressing Room, The (Poem : Swift); SCATOLOGY in literature; LITERARY criticism; POETRY (Literary form)
- Publication
Papers on Language & Literature, 1978, Vol 14, Issue 2, p152
- ISSN
0031-1294
- Publication type
Poetry Review