| Description |
xiii, 283 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Cambridge companions to literature |
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Cambridge companions to literature.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 256-265) and indexes. |
| Contents |
Swift's life / Joseph McMinn -- Politics and history / David Oakleaf -- Swift the Irishman / Carole Fabricant -- Swift's reading / Brean Hammond -- Swift and women / Margaret Anne Doody -- Swift's satire and parody / Michael F. Suarez, S.J. -- Money and economics / Patrick Kelly -- Language and style / Ian Higgins -- Swift and religion / Marcus Walsh -- Swift the poet / Pat Rogers -- A Tale of Tub and early prose / Judith C. Mueller -- Gulliver's Travels and the later writings / J. Paul Hunter -- Classic Swift / Seamus Deane. |
| Summary |
Explores crucial dimensions of Swift's life and works. In addition to ensuring a broad coverage of Swift's writing-including early and later works as well as the better known-this book also offers a way into current critical and theoretical issues surrounding the author. Special emphasis is placed on Swift's vexed relationship with the land of his birth, Ireland; and on his place as a political writer in a highly politicized age. |
| Subject |
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 -- Criticism and interpretation -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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| Added Author |
Fox, Christopher, 1948-
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| ISBN |
0521802474 |
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9780521802475 |
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0521002834 (pbk.) |
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9780521002837 (pbk.) |
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