Jonathan Swift in Context
Part of Literature in Context
- Editors:
- Joseph Hone, University of Newcastle upon Tyne
- Pat Rogers, University of South Florida
- Date Published: May 2024
- availability: Not yet published - available from October 2024
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781108831437
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Jonathan Swift remains the most important and influential satirist in the English language. The author of Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal, and A Tale of a Tub, in addition to vast numbers of political pamphlets, satirical verses, sermons, and other kinds of text, Swift is one of the most versatile writers in the literary canon. His writings were always closely intertwined with the English and Irish worlds in which he lived. The forty-four essays collected in Jonathan Swift in Context advance the latest research on Swift in a way that will engage undergraduate students while also remaining useful for scholars. Reflecting the best of current and ongoing scholarship, the contextual approach advanced by this volume will help to make Swift's works even more powerful and resonant to modern audiences.
Read more- Includes forty-four essays written by leading scholars, presenting a broad overview of the latest research in the field
- Written in clear and engaging style, making the latest Swift research accessible to student readers without specialist knowledge
- Each chapter focuses closely on a key theme or topic, with women writers, race, and colonialism given dedicated space alongside an array of other subjects
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- Date Published: May 2024
- format: Hardback
- isbn: 9781108831437
- length: 418 pages
- dimensions: 235 x 158 x 28 mm
- weight: 0.74kg
- availability: Not yet published - available from October 2024
Table of Contents
Part I. Personal:
1. Biography Clive Probyn
2. Friends and family Emrys Jones
3. Health and sickness Helen Deutsch
4. Reason and unreason Allan Ingram
Part II. Publishing History and Legacy:
5. Book trade Stephen Karian
6. Popular culture Pat Rogers
7. Translations and reception abroad Hermann J. Real
8. Critical reception before 1900 Katherine Turner
9. Critical reception after 1900 James Ward
10. Reputation in Ireland Aileen Douglas and Ian Campbell Ross
Part III. Literary Background:
11. Ancients and moderns Paddy Bullard
12. Travel and exploration Shef Rogers
13. Profession of letters Paul Baines
14. Women writers Ben Wilkinson-Turnbull
15. Style and language Cynthia Wall
Part IV. Genres:
16. Satire Clare Bucknell
17. Pamphleteering and political journalism J. A. Downie
18. Familiar verse Daniel Cook
19. Fables and fantasy Jayne Lewis
20. Parody and hoax Valerie Rumbold
21. Sermons Ian Higgins
22. History Joseph Hone
23. Correspondence Louise Curran
24. The novel Nicholas Seager
Part V. The External World: England and Ireland:
25. Literary scene: England Brean Hammond
26. Party politics Joseph Hone
27. Clubs Corrina Readioff
28. Walpole and the opposition Christine Gerrard
29. The Church of England David Manning
30. Dissent Nicholas McDowell
31. London Pat Rogers
32. Literary scene: Ireland Andrew Carpenter
33. The Church of Ireland Christopher Fauske
34. Dublin David Dickson
Part VI. Social and intellectual topics:
35. Philosophy Tom Jones
36. Science Gregory Lynall
37. Race Joseph Hone
38. Material culture Kelly Fleming
39. Gender Katherine Aske
40. Colonialism Robbie Richardson
41. The body Leah Benedict
42. Demography Benjamin Bankhurst
43. Food Henry Power
44. Economics Claire Wilkinson.
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