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The Puritan origins of Gulliver's conversion in Houyhnhnmland. (character in author Jonathan Swift's book 'Gulliver's Travels')

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From: Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900
Date: 19970622
Author:Thickstun, Margaret Olofson

Author Jonathan Swift presents a satire on radical Protestantism in the 4th book of his novel 'Gulliver's Travels.' In that section, entitled 'The Voyage to Houyhnhmland,' Swift parodies the paradox inherent in Puritan thinking, which is that grace alone saves humans but converted people seeking for salvation must labor to perfect themselves while separating themselves from the mixed multitude. A scrutiny of the language used by the book's central character, Gulliver, also reflects this paradox.

In the fourth book of Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift develops a complex satire of radical ...

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