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The Cambridge Companion to Jonathan Swift /

Contributor(s): Fox, Christopher.
Publisher: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003Description: xiii, 283 p. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0521802474; 9780521802475 :; 9780521802475; 0521002834; 9780521002837.Other title: Jonathan Swift.Subject(s): Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 -- Criticism and interpretation | Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 -- Criticism and interpretation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | English literature -- Irish authors -- History and criticismDDC classification: 809 FOX
Contents:
Chronology; List of abbreviations; Introduction Christopher Fox; 1. Swift's life Joseph McMinn; 2. Politics and history David Oakleaf; 3. Swift the Irishman Carole Fabricant; 4. Swift's reading Brean Hammond; 5. Swift and women Margaret Anne Doody; 6. Swift's satire and parody Michael F. Suarez, S.J.; 7. Money and economics Patrick Kelly; 8. Language and style Ian Higgins; 9. Swift and religion Marcus Walsh; 10. Swift the poet Pat Rogers; 11. A Tale of Tub and early prose Judith C. Mueller; 12. Gulliver's Travels and the later writings J. Paul Hunter; 13. Classic Swift Seamus Deane; Further reading.
Summary: This Companion explores crucial dimensions of Swift's life and works.Summary: This specially commissioned collection of essays examines the work of Jonathan Swift, including his early & lesser known works. The vexed relationship between the author & the land of his birth, & his place as a political writer in a highly politicised age, receive particular attention.
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Includes bibliography and indexes.

Chronology; List of abbreviations; Introduction Christopher Fox; 1. Swift's life Joseph McMinn; 2. Politics and history David Oakleaf; 3. Swift the Irishman Carole Fabricant; 4. Swift's reading Brean Hammond; 5. Swift and women Margaret Anne Doody; 6. Swift's satire and parody Michael F. Suarez, S.J.; 7. Money and economics Patrick Kelly; 8. Language and style Ian Higgins; 9. Swift and religion Marcus Walsh; 10. Swift the poet Pat Rogers; 11. A Tale of Tub and early prose Judith C. Mueller; 12. Gulliver's Travels and the later writings J. Paul Hunter; 13. Classic Swift Seamus Deane; Further reading.

This Companion explores crucial dimensions of Swift's life and works.

This specially commissioned collection of essays examines the work of Jonathan Swift, including his early & lesser known works. The vexed relationship between the author & the land of his birth, & his place as a political writer in a highly politicised age, receive particular attention.

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