tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231952.post2234902333787347121..comments2024-01-17T09:43:44.882-06:00Comments on The Frugal Chariot: Satiric EssayJameshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00561320676355168336noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231952.post-56661271944486805192016-09-29T08:58:59.742-06:002016-09-29T08:58:59.742-06:00Your fine posting sends me into the dark closets f...Your fine posting sends me into the dark closets filled with boxes of old books where I hope to find my tattered copy of Swift. Thanks for the wonderful provocation!<br /><br />BTW, I've revised, renamed, and done a change of address on my blog, and I invite you to stop by and visit every now and then. My new reading project for the coming weeks is a study of Nathaniel Hawthorne's short RTDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17113953356514605424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231952.post-73701434930696605002016-09-27T06:17:41.471-06:002016-09-27T06:17:41.471-06:00Brian,
I agree with your assessment of Swift. He...Brian,<br /><br />I agree with your assessment of Swift. He seems very relevant and clearly one of the Moderns, although still a giant for us to stand or lean on and listen to.Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00561320676355168336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5231952.post-26942697100386363062016-09-26T10:19:39.635-06:002016-09-26T10:19:39.635-06:00I have read A Modest Proposal but not The Battle o...I have read A Modest Proposal but not The Battle of the Books.<br /><br /><br />It sounds very entertaining and relevant even today. Ironically, though I would argue that he is still a lot closer to us culturally as opposed to the writers of antiquity. Swift has become one of the giants of OUR past. Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.com