{"product_id":"gulliver-as-slave-trader-elaine-l-robinson-9780786425860","title":"Gulliver as Slave Trader: Racism Reviled by Jonathan Swift","description":"\u003cp\u003e The pointed social commentaries of master satirist Jonathan Swift are heavy with irony, but Swift rarely left any doubt about his true meaning. In the case of \u003ci\u003eGulliver's Travels\u003c\/i\u003e, however, Swift's meaning has been the subject of debate among scholars for almost 300 years. Here, Elaine Robinson offers a new and fascinating interpretation for this literary classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Pointing out clues throughout \u003ci\u003eGulliver\u003c\/i\u003e, Robinson demonstrates Swift's uses of \u003ci\u003eEveryman\u003c\/i\u003e, Bernard of Clairvaux, Bonaventure, Boccaccio, Dante, Chaucer, Shakespeare and Milton to define real Christianity as a basis for protesting the African slave trade and racism. In doing so, she illuminates Swift's insight, honesty, piercing irony, and brilliant wit, and calls attention to the disturbing relevance of \u003ci\u003eGulliver's Travels\u003c\/i\u003e in the 21st century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Elaine L. Robinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786425865\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786425860\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/01\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 252\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.57lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.08h x 6.02w x 0.45d","brand":"Elaine L. Robinson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48483682124031,"sku":"9780786425860","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7594c702-f3d8-4aa1-be5d-9052246a14a8.jpg?v=1778039975","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/gulliver-as-slave-trader-elaine-l-robinson-9780786425860","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}