Gulliver's Travels:
A Review of the "Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift" Webpage
Site
Anaslysis:
The "Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift" webpage is an index to
facilitate the study of Gulliver's Travels "in its many incarnations:
the text itself, a political, social, and religious satire, an Eighteenth
Century pre-novel, a parody of travel literature, and an early science
fiction novel." This site contains links to available online text
versions of Gulliver's Travels, a timeline of events for both Swift's
and Gulliver's lives, a list of "noteworty words" from Gulliver's Travels,
and a catalog of portraits of Swift and artwork inspired by Gulliver's
Travels. The webpage also contains a list of critical reviews
of Gulliver's Travels, some of which are available online.
Source:
The author of this webpage is Lee Jaffe. Jaffe is a librarian with
twenty years experience and an author of several books and articles about
online technology and library development. Jaffe also works as a
consultant for different information services.
Content:
For
anyone interested in studying Gulliver's Travels and related topics,
the "Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift" webpage is an excellent
source. The background information about the Eighteenth Century and
the life of Jonathan Swift is well researched and historically accurate.
The background information can potentially help readers to further comprehend
Swift's satire of the English government and religious state in Gulliver's
Travels.
The literary criticisms that Jaffe provides links to are also useful for
further understanding Gulliver's Travels. The topics of the
criticisms cover a variety of topics, including the different modes of
reading Gulliver's Travels and the value of satire. Other
essay topics include how to use Eighteenth Century literature as a historical
resource. These essays provide a variety of valuable insights into
different aspects of Gulliver's Travels from a variety of different
sources. One drawback to a few of the criticisms available
is that they require knowledge of other literary works such as Chaucer's
Cantebury
Tales. Also, the creator of this webpage does not give his own
opinions or insights into Gulliver's Travels.
The
"Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift" webpage is an extremely well-organized
source for the study of Swift's classic novel. The strongest aspect
of the page is the in-depth background information on Swift and the Eighteenth
Century. The links to other web sites about Gulliver's Travels
and related topics, such as the history of map and cartography, also help
a reader to fully comprehend
Gulliver's Travels. However,
a few of the links do not work.
