
Major Works
Edited by Ross, Angus / Woolley, David
Jonathan Swift(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 9. January 2003
Book
Paperback/Softback
760 pages
978-0-19-284078-3 (ISBN)
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Description
This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique selection from the full range of Swift's fifty-year career - prose, poetry, and letters - to give the essence of his work and thinking. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) is best known as the author of Gulliver's Travels, which alone would have secured his place in the history of English literature. But in addition to this classic fictional satire, Swift wrote numerous works concerning politics, religion, and Ireland, some savage (such as A Modest Proposal), others humorous, and all suffused with his tremendous wit, inventiveness, and vigour. This anthology includes satirical works such as A Tale of a Tub and The Battle of the Books, political pamphlets, pieces for the popular press, poems, and a generous selection from Swift's correspondence. Presented chronologically, the anthology offers a new and clearer awareness of the unity as well as the complexity of Swift's vision, and the powerful bonds between disparate pieces.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Edition type
New edition
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 129 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-19-284078-3 (9780192840783)
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Jonathan Swift | Angus Ross | David Woolley
Major Works
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Ross, Angus (Emeritus Professor of English, University of Sussex) / Woolley, David