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Lemuel self-translated; or, being an ass in Houyhnhnmland.

From: The Modern Language Review  |  Date: 1/1/2005  |  Author: Franklin, Michael J.

Lemuel Self-Translated; or, Being an Ass in Houyhnhnmland by Michael J. Franklin.

This article addresses Part Iv of Gulliver's Travels as a critique of representation, exploring Gulliverian and Houyhnhnm theories of classification Gulliver's realization that he does in fact belong to the same species as the Yahoo is contrasted with the remarkable lack of species-cognition displayed by the Houyhnhnm towards their close relatives, the asses. Gulliver, on the other hand, displays ...

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