Tale of a Tub - (1704)

This vintage book contains Jonathan Swift's 1704 satire, "e;A Tale of a Tub"e;. The first major work that he wrote, it is a prose parody about two brothers who are each representative of the chief aspects of western Christianity. It mainly deals with the ideas of religious enthusiasm, pride, and credulity. Published at a time when religion was an intrinsic aspect of politics, the work was ...