Jonathan Swift: A Literary Life
This biography emphasises the extraordinary versatility and resourcefulness of a lifetime spent serving the public interest with the pen. At the same time, it shows Swift's distinctive love of writing for personal entertainment and diversion, with little or no interest in publication. While remaining a fiercely committed writer, he always tried to preserve, especially in his poetry and letters, a literature dedicated to friendship. Swift's literary career comprises much more than the well-known satires.
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Jonathan Swift: A Literary Life
This biography emphasises the extraordinary versatility and resourcefulness of a lifetime spent serving the public interest with the pen. At the same time, it shows Swift's distinctive love of writing for personal entertainment and diversion, with little or no interest in publication. While remaining a fiercely committed writer, he always tried to preserve, especially in his poetry and letters, a literature dedicated to friendship. Swift's literary career comprises much more than the well-known satires.
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Jonathan Swift: A Literary Life

Jonathan Swift: A Literary Life

by Joseph McMinn
Jonathan Swift: A Literary Life

Jonathan Swift: A Literary Life

by Joseph McMinn

Hardcover(1991)

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This biography emphasises the extraordinary versatility and resourcefulness of a lifetime spent serving the public interest with the pen. At the same time, it shows Swift's distinctive love of writing for personal entertainment and diversion, with little or no interest in publication. While remaining a fiercely committed writer, he always tried to preserve, especially in his poetry and letters, a literature dedicated to friendship. Swift's literary career comprises much more than the well-known satires.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780333485842
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date: 04/03/1991
Series: Literary Lives
Edition description: 1991
Pages: 172
Product dimensions: 5.51(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Preface - Apprentice and Secretary - 'Pox on the Dissenters and Independents!' - A Pact with Power - A Deceptive Retirement - Literary Triumph in Ireland and England - 'I Have stretched out my Hand, and no Man regarded' - A Poetic Valediction - Notes - Index
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