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"The comprehensive one-stop guide to the writings, life, and times of Jonathan Swift. With forty-four tightlyfocused chapters, this book communicates the latest academic research on Swift in a way that will engage undergraduate students while also remaining useful for advanced scholars. An indispensable volume for Swift students and teachers"--
List 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.
About the author
Pat Rogers has contributed to eight symposia on Swift since 1968, as well as articles in journals including Eighteenth Century Ireland and Swift Studies and an edition of the Complete Poems (1983). His books include Pope, Swift and Grub Street (1980), Literature and Popular Culture in Eighteenth-Century England (1985), and Documenting Eighteenth-Century Satire (2012).Joseph Hone is Academic Track Fellow in Literature and Book History at Newcastle University upon Tyne. He is the author of three books, including Alexander Pope in the Making (2021). He is part of the team editing the major early poems for The Oxford Edition of the Writings of Alexander Pope. In 2022 he was awarded the Philip Leverhulme Prize for his work in literary studies and bibliography.
Summary
The comprehensive one-stop guide to the writings, life, and times of Jonathan Swift. With forty-four tightly-focused chapters, this book communicates the latest academic research on Swift in a way that will engage undergraduate students while also remaining useful for advanced scholars. An indispensable volume for Swift students and teachers.
Foreword
A comprehensive guide to the writings, life, and times of Jonathan Swift, valuable for students and researchers alike.
