Swift in Print - Published Texts in Dublin and London, 1691-1765

Analysis of the books, pamphlets and single sheets in which Jonathan Swift's writings were first published in Dublin and London.

List of contents

Part I. Beginnings: 1. First Impressions: Dublin and London to 1699; Part II. London: 2. The Shock of the Normal: From Temple to the Tale (1693-1705); 3. Material Voices: the Bickerstaff Effect (1705-1710); 4. Politics and Permanence: Miscellanies, Politics and a Proposal Declined (1710-1714); Part III. Dublin: 5. The Irish Patriot in Print (1720-1725); 6. Delegating in London, Recouping in Dublin: Travels, Miscellanies, the Intelligencer and A Modest Proposal (1726-1729); 7. The Works of J. S, D. D, D. S. P. D. (1731-1735); Part IV. Into the Future: 8. Ending and Going on (1736-1765).

About the author

Valerie Rumbold is Professor of English Literature at the University of Birmingham. She is author of Women's Place in Pope's World (1989) and has edited Pope's Dunciads (1999, 2007) and Swift's Parodies, Hoaxes, Mock Treatises (2013). She is a General Editor of the Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jonathan Swift and of the Oxford Edition of the Writings of Alexander Pope.

Summary

This analysis of the printed books, pamphlets and single sheets in which Jonathan Swift's writings were first published in Dublin and London provides a new perspective on the book history of Swift's lifetime for students and scholars, and a fascinating introduction to the expressive print forms of Swift's publications.

Product details

• Authors: Valerie Rumbold, Valerie (University of Birmingham) Rumbold, Rumbold Valerie
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2020
• EAN: 9781108839440
• ISBN: 978-1-108-83944-0
• No. of pages: 340
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; English, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, Literary studies: poetry and poets