Brian Boyd pointed out in his book (p. 79) that the being that dwells on Swift's mountain in Nova Zembla is "a malignant deity, called Criticism".  I think that's relevant, even from Shade's point of view.

Jerry Friedman


From: Jansy <jansy@AETERN.US>

A correction to posting in which I wrote that J.Swift wrote about Nova Zembla in his "A Tale of a Tub." The correct work is "An Account of a Battel."
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