... brutal, and the most heavily ironic, of the numerous works he produced during the early eighteenth century in an attempt to shame England and to shock Ireland out of its lethargic state. This ghastly masterpiece was cunningly devised, horribly plausible, and deviously manipulative. It remains for the reader to come to terms with it, to comprehend it, and to determine the ... ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate