Premium Content The Duality of Book Four of Gulliver's Travels
By Ryan Norris - September 08, 2001
During the early 18th century, an explosion of satire swept through British literature. This period, often called the "Age of Reason," was highly influenced by a group of the elite of society, who called themselves the Augustans and were determined to live their lives according to "truth" and "reason." Likewise, they often found themselves the…
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