Tale of a Tub - (1704)

This vintage book contains Jonathan Swift's 1704 satire, 'A Tale of a Tub'. The first major work that he wrote, it is a prose parody about two brothers who are each representative of the chief aspects of western Christianity. It mainly deals with the ideas of religious enthusiasm, pride, and credulity. Published at a time when religion was an intrinsic aspect of politics, the work was widely condemned, with Queen Anne going as far as to call it 'profane'. Contents include: 'The Introduction', 'A Digression Concerning Critics', 'A Tale of a Tub', 'A Digression in the Modern Kind', 'A Tale of a Tub', 'A Digression in Praise of Digressions', 'A Tale of a Tub', 'A Digression Concerning the Original', 'A Farther Digression', 'A Tale of a Tub', et cetera. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was an Anglo-Irish essayist, satirist, poet, and cleric. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction.