

The source of the book
This book is published for the public benefit under a Creative Commons license, or with the permission of the author or publisher. If you have any objections to its publication, please contact us.
The Essential Writings of Jonathan Swift
(0)
Author:
Jonathan SwiftNumber Of Downloads:
Number Of Reads:
Language:
English
File Size:
88.01 MB
Category:
HistorySection:
Pages:
756
Quality:
excellent
Views:
729
Quate
Review
Save
Share
Book Description
"Contexts" features a generous selection of contemporary materials, among them Swift's letters, autobiographical documents, and personal writings.
"Criticism" provides readers with a wide chronological and thematic range of scholarly interpretations, divided into two sections. The first, "1745-1940," includes assessments by Henry Fielding, Samuel Johnson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Makepeace Thackeray, D. H. Lawrence, W. B. Yeats, F. R. Leavis, and Andr� Breton, among others. The second, "After 1940," is by subject and collects critical discussions of A Tale of the Tub, the poems, the English and Irish politics, and Gulliver's Travels, by Hugh Kenner, Marcus Walsh, Irvin Ehrenpreis, Penelope Wilson, Derek Mahon, S. J. Connolly, George Orwell, R. S. Crane, Jenny Mezciems, Ian Higgins, and Claude Rawson.
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift is an Irish writer, political critic, and clergyman. He published many books and literature, the most important and most famous of which was "Gulliver's Travels", which includes four parts.
Jonathan Swift, one of the first critics of the English language, was a noted political writer, poet, and clergyman. He was born in Ireland and lost his father at an early age to be taken care of by his uncle.
With the beginnings of the glorious revolution in Ireland he was forced to emigrate to England, where he worked with Sir William Temple and got to experience a life of luxury and power. At a young age, he often moved between Ireland and England, and Swift entered the Church of Ireland at the same time as his poor cousin in the Church of England.
When he returned to Ireland he held the position of Dean of Saints at Patrick's Cathedral and continued to do so until his death. As a writer, he wrote most of his works under pseudonyms, and today we mention his best satirical prose work, Gulliver's Travels.
Gulliver's Travels, his most famous work, was first published on September 28, 1726 and modified in 1735, and it is considered a classic English literature, and many were mistaken in thinking that it was a children's book and in fact it was satirical prose. He mocks not only British policy against the Irish but also the oppression of the poor.|Swift lived for a long time in Trim, and a frequent satirical festival called the Trim Swift Festival was held.
Rate Now
1 Stars
2 Stars
3 Stars
4 Stars
5 Stars
Quotes
Top Rated
Latest
Quate
Be the first to leave a quote and earn 10 points
instead of 3
Comments
Be the first to leave a comment and earn 5 points
instead of 3