English Language and Literature ETDs

Publication Date

Fall 10-30-1962

Abstract

The writer believes and hopes to demonstrate that, despite its unusual qualities, the third voyage of Gulliver is neither unrelated nor markedly inferior to the rest of [Gulliver's Travels]. She also feels that the task of finding a unifying principle for this voyage and showing its importance to the whole is the foremost critical challenge posed by Gulliver's Travels at the present time. Raising this voyage to the general level of acclaim would appear a formidable task; however, the merits credited to the other voyages suggest not only standards which must be met, but also a mode of procedure. In light of the foregoing review of criticism, let us see what a justification of the "Voyage to Laputa" would entail.

Degree Name

English

Level of Degree

Masters

Department Name

English

First Committee Member (Chair)

Edith Buchanan

Second Committee Member

Morton B. Cromwell

Third Committee Member

George Ames

Language

English

Keywords

Gulliver's Travels, Jonathon Swift, Voyage to Laputa, British Literary Criticism

Document Type

Thesis

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