Le Conte du tonneau
- Type:
- boek
- Titel:
- Le Conte du tonneau
- Andere titel:
- A Tale of a Tub
- Jaar:
- 1741
- URL:
- https://books.google.be/books?id=knFdAAAAcAAJ vol. 1
https://books.google.be/books?id=nXFdAAAAcAAJ vol. 2 - Onderwerp:
- 18th Century (1701-1800)
Novel
Satire
Religion
United Kingdom
bibliotheek
bibliotheek
blokfluit
oud-nieuw
doedelzak
fondscatalogus
Swift, J
tabak
Willem III
kritiek
muziek
muziek
door de neus zingen - Taal:
- Frans
- Uitgever:
- The Hague Scheurleer 1741
- Plaatsnummer:
- ORPH.KTS1 C1.57 11A18a (Orpheus Instituut)ORPH.KTS1 C1.57 11A18b (Orpheus Instituut)
- Paginering:
- 2 vols. ([xxiv]-300-[14]+[xiv]-286-[10] pages), 7 pages of plates Title pages in red & black ink, engraved frontispiece, 7 inserted engraved plates
- Editie:
- Rev. ed.
- Samenvatting:
- A 'Tale of a Tub' (see also X1C18) was first published by the Irish clergyman and novelist Jonathan Swift in 1704; it is the first and perhaps most difficult of all his satires. The title is thought to refer to a dissenting priest’s pulpit, and the work is a biting parody on the religious extravagances that Swift perceived among the clergy at the start of the 18th century. The narrative is written using a complex though playful technique of interlinking stories concerning the lives of three brothers. particularly noteworthy for the woodcut illustrations that punctuate the text. For example, there is a striking image of a priest reprimanding the congregation down below, with a gallows and theatre shown in the background. The frontispiece also illustrates a whale distracted by a barrel thrown overboard by sailors: an allegory, perhaps, of how the text was designed to draw the attention of political and religious dissenters away from the affairs of the ‘ship’ of state.
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