Swift's 'A Tale of a Tub.'.(satire by Jonathan Swift) From: The Explicator | Date: January 1, 1999| Author: | COPYRIGHT 1999 Heldref Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

Jonathan Swift's 'A Tale of A Tub' alluded to the myth on the labors of Hercules in his satirical treatment of modern literary critics. Roman mythology relates Hercules' penitence for murdering his children and nephew by submitting to the counsel of the Pythoness of Delphi to become the slave of the King of Tiryn for 12 years. Swift described the critics' job as that of the anti-thesis of Hercules' achievements, inspiring ridicule rather than awe.

Whereas many scholars of Jonathan Swift have commented on the following passage from "A Digression concerning Criticks" in A Tale of A Tub, ...

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