INTRODUCTION

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 7
3. TABLE OF CONTENTS 9
4. LIST OF TABLES 11
5. LIST OF FIGURES 14
6. INTRODUCTION 15
7. I. THE REPUTATION OF SWIFT'S PROSE STYLE 20
8. II. THE PROBLEM OF STYLE 40
9. III. PRINCIPLES, ASSUMPTIONS AND METHODS 74
10. IV. SERIATION 84
11. V. CONNECTION 122
12. VI. WORDS WITHOUT MEANING 137
13. VII. A CASE IN POINT: A LETTER TO A YOUNG POET 237
14. CONCLUSION 270
15. APPENDICES 275
16. BIBLIOGRAPHY 295
17. INDEX 309
18. KEY 321