A Political Biography of Jonathan Swift

Informationen zum Autor David Oakleaf Klappentext Most famous as the author of "Gulliver's Travels", Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was one of the most important propagandists and satirists of his day. This study seeks to contextualize Swift within the political arena of his day. Zusammenfassung Most famous as the author of "Gulliver's Travels"! Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was one of the most important propagandists and satirists of his day. This study seeks to contextualize Swift within the political arena of his day. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: ‘“The Church had never such a Writer”’; Chapter 1 Swift, War and Ireland: ‘An Heap of Conspiracies, Rebellions, Murders, Massacres, Revolutions, Banishments’; Chapter 2 Courting the Favour of the Great:; A Discourse; and; A Tale of a Tub; Chapter 3 ‘An Entire Friend to the Established Church’: Churchman among the Statesmen and Wits; Chapter 4 The Echo of the Coffee House and the Voice of the Kingdom: Propagandist for a Peace; Chapter 5 ‘Do I become a; Slave; in Six Hours, by Crossing the Channel?’: The Dean, the Drapier and Irish Politics; Conclusion: ‘Upon this Great Foundation of Misanthropy’;

Produktdetails

• Autoren: David Oakleaf, Oakleaf David
• Verlag: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.06.2008
• EAN: 9781851968480
• ISBN: 978-1-85196-848-0
• Seiten: 266
• Abmessung: 146 mm x 216 mm x 32 mm
• Serie: Eighteenth-Century Political Biographies
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures, Biography: literary, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Biography: writers, Biography: historical, political and military, C 1600 To C 1700, C 1700 To C 1800