THE HOUYHNHNMS: SWIFT SUETONIUS, AND MARVELL

Swift's use of the Houyhnhnms to satirize human deficiencies may have been suggested by a passage in Suetonius referring to Caligula's worship of his horse, or by Marvell's paraphrase of Suetonius

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Published in:Notes and queries 1990-09, Vol.37 (3), p.305-306
Main Author: Pritchard, Allan
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:Swift's use of the Houyhnhnms to satirize human deficiencies may have been suggested by a passage in Suetonius referring to Caligula's worship of his horse, or by Marvell's paraphrase of Suetonius
ISSN:0029-3970
1471-6941
DOI:10.1093/nq/37-3-305