Author: Thomas SHERIDAN (M.A., Teacher of Elocution.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
The Life of the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Swift, etc
Author: Thomas SHERIDAN (M.A., Teacher of Elocution.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 524
Book Description
The Life of Jonathan Swift
Author: Thomas LockwoodPublisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118957237
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 487
Book Description
Presents a fresh account of the life history and creative imagination of Jonathan Swift Classic satires such as Gulliver’s Travels, A Modest Proposal, and A Tale of a Tub express radical positions, yet were written by the most conservative of men. Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin and spent most of his life in Ireland, never traveling outside the British Isles. An Anglo-Irish Protestant clergyman, he was a major political and religious figure whose career was primarily clerical, not literary. Although much is known about Swift, in many ways he remains an enigma. He was admired as an Irish patriot yet was contemptuous of the Irish. He was both secretive and self-dramatizing. His talent for friendship was matched by his skill for making enemies. He hated the English but yearned to live in England. The Life of Jonathan Swift explores the writing life and personal history of the foremost satirist in the English language. Accessible and engaging, this critical biography brings Swift’s writing and creative sensibility into the narrative of his life. Author Thomas Lockwood provides the historical and modern critical context of Swift’s prose satires and poetry, as well as his political journalism, essays, manuscripts, and personal correspondence. Throughout the book, biographically contextualized descriptions of Swift’s most famous works help readers better understand both the writing and the writer. Provides critical profiles of Gulliver’s Travels, An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity, Drapier’s Letters, and Swift’s other famous works Offers insights into Swift’s relationships with Esther Johnson, “Stella,” and Esther Vanhomrigh, “Vanessa” Highlights Swift’s poetry and how verse writing was a vital part of his creative being Summarizes and contextualizes lesser-known works such as The Conduct of the Allies Addresses the historic critical bias against comedy or satire as inferior forms of art, both in Swift’s lifetime and the present The Life of Jonathan Swift is an essential resource for general readers of literature and literary biography, university instructors and researchers, and undergraduate students taking courses in English literature.
A Catalogue of the Bradshaw Collection of Irish Books in the University Library, Cambridge
Author: Cambridge University Library. Bradshaw Irish CollectionPublisher:
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Category : English literature
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
The Works of D. Jonathan Swift
Author: Jonathan SwiftBritish Museum Catalogue of printed Books
Author: Women's Life Writing, 1700-1850
Author: D. CookPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137030771
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
This collection discusses British and Irish life writings by women in the period 1700-1850. It argues for the importance of women's life writing as part of the culture and practice of eighteenth-century and Romantic auto/biography, exploring the complex relationships between constructions of femininity, life writing forms and models of authorship.
The Select Works of Jonathan Swift
Author: Jonathan SwiftSamuel Johnson
Author: James James Lowry CliffordPublisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 9781452911564
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Dept. of Printed BooksPublisher: William Clowes & Sons, Limited
ISBN:
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 652
Book Description
Author: David Mallet