The writings of Jonathan Swift : authoritative texts, backgrounds, criticism

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The writings of Jonathan Swift : authoritative texts, backgrounds, criticism

edited by Robert A. Greenberg, William Bowman Piper

(Norton critical editions)

W.W. Norton, c1973

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Bibliography: p. 717-721

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Included are Gulliver's Travels, A Tale of a Tub, The Battel of the Books, A Discourse Concerning the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit, numerous essays and other prose pieces, and poems, among them several that are rarely reprinted. All of the texts are scrupulously edited and annotated. Backgrounds includes correspondence between Swift and members of his circle and observations by his contemporaries. Criticism offers evaluations by Norman O. Brown, Samuel Holt Monk, Allan Bloom, Nigel Dennis, Edward W. Rosenheim, Jr., A. E. Dyson, William Frost, C. J. Rawson, Kathleen Williams, Martin Price, Robert M. Adams, and Jay Arnold Levine. An Annotated Bibliography guides the reader to important works for further study.

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  • NCID
    BA04494427
  • ISBN
    • 0393042839
    • 9780393094152
  • LCCN
    72007038
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    x, xiv, 721 p.
  • Size
    22 cm
  • Classification
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