
Journal to Stella
Letters to Esther Johnson and Rebecca Dingley, 1710-1713
Jonathan Swift(Author)
Abigail Williams(Editor)
Cambridge University Press
Published on 5. December 2013
Book
Hardback
898 pages
978-0-521-84166-5 (ISBN)
Description
The Journal to Stella, Jonathan Swift's letters to Esther Johnson, or 'Stella', and Rebecca Dingley, written between September 1710 and June 1713, offers an extraordinary commentary on Swift's experiences in London during the most politically active and exciting years of his career and evidence of his evolving relationship with the two women. This edition seeks for the first time both to situate the letters alongside Swift's other works and to place them within their original political, historical and cultural contexts. It brings together a combination of printed work and manuscript to present the most complete and accessible text possible, enhanced by the use of the latest digital image analysis techniques to reinstate previously indecipherable material. In addition to a new critical introduction and appendices, there is also a biographical appendix derived from recently available resources.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Illustrations
13 Halftones, unspecified; 13 Halftones, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 52 mm
Weight
1416 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-521-84166-5 (9780521841665)
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Persons
Abigail Williams is a University Lecturer, Tutor and Lord White Fellow of St Peter's College at the University of Oxford.
Content
General editor's preface; Chronology; Introduction; Letters; Textual account; Appendices; Bibliography.