"The Tale of the Barrel" - A Tale of Animals

…After his death (1699), he returned to Ireland and was ordained. During that time he wrote The Battle of the Books and The Tale of a Tub (both 1704). The former was a contribution to the literary debate that was taking place at the time, in which he supported the Classicists by siding with Temple, while the latter exposed the evils and corruption in scholarship and religion, and both of these works enhanced his reputation as a satirist. …

*Some of the terminology used in "The Tale of the Barrel" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…彼の死(1699)後はアイルランドに帰り聖職を得る。その間《書物合戦》と《桶物語》(ともに1704)を執筆。前者は当時行われていた文学の新旧論争に加わりテンプルに味方して古典派にくみしたものであり，後者は学問と宗教における弊害と腐敗を暴露したもので，ともに彼の風刺家としての名声を高めた。…

※「《桶物語》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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