A Tale of a Tub / / Jonathan Swift.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter CUP eBook Package Archive 1898-1999 (pre Pub)
• VerfasserIn: Swift, Jonathan,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1930]; ©1930
• Year of Publication: 1930
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Foreword --; To the Right Honourable John Lord Sommers --; The Bookseller to the Reader --; The Epistle Dedicatory to His Royal Highness Prince Posterity --; Preface --; Section I. Introduction --; Section II. A Tale of a Tub --; Section III. A Digression Concerning Criticks --; Section IV. A Tale of a Tub --; Section V. A Digression in the Modern Kind --; Section VI. A Tale of a Tub --; Section VII. A Digression in Praise of Digressions --; Section VIII. A Tale of a Tub --; Section IX. A Digression Concerning the Original, the Use, and Improvement of Madness in a Commonwealth --; Section X. A Digression the Author's Compliment to the Readers, &c --; Section XI. A Tale of a Tub --; The Conclusion
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231877343; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/swif90158
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Jonathan Swift.

The first major work of Jonathan Swift, A Tale of a Tub is a prose parody divided into sections examining the morals and ethics of the English. It presents a satire of religious excess, a commentary on the interconnection of politics and religion in England during the 17th century.