Book
Tale of a Tub
- Published
- 1704
- Genre
- Fiction
- Publisher
- Independently Published
- Pages
- 208
- Words
- 150513
- URL
- https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/865879.A_Tale_of_a_Tub?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_13
Reading measures
- Suggested reading age
- ages 14–17
- Ambleside year
- Year 9 onwards · ages 14–17
An Ambleside year is a year of the Ambleside Online programme, not a reader's age. Year 0 is its first year, and a book used over several years shows the span. The ages beside it are that band offered two grades up and none down, which is how we offer a band; they are a placement, not a reading measure.
A Tale' was long regarded as a satire on religion itself, and has famously been attacked for that, starting with William Wotton. The "tale" presents a consistent satire of religious excess, while the digressions are a series of parodies of contemporary writing in literature, politics, theology, Biblical exegesis, and medicine. The overarching parody is of enthusiasm, pride, and credulity. At the time it was written, politics and religion were still linked very closely in England, and the religious and political aspects of the satire can often hardly be separated.
ISBN
- ISBN-13
- 9798723527317
Tags
ClassicsCommunity Life-PoliticsEnglandLiteratureReligionReligion-ChristianitySatireTheology