Jonathan Swift

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THE OXFORD AUTHORS
This volume of Swift's work is unique in selecting from the full range of the prose, poetry, and letters spanning an active fifty-year writing career. The presentation of his work, being chronological rather than thematic, gives a much clearer feeling of how Swift's ideas developed and were expressed in different styles of writing. Some of the more familiar 'literary' and satirical pieces, such as A Tale of a Tub and The Battle of the Books, as well as political pamphlets, pieces for the popular press, and a good sample of correspondence, notably his Journal to Stella, provide a lively commentary on the turbulent events of the time. There is no doubt that Swift's 'certain uncommon way of thinking' inspired, teased, and affronted his own, and future generations.
the oxford authors is a series of authoritative editions of major English writers. Aimed at both students and the general reader, each volume contains a generous selection of the best writings—poetry,... Tovább

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THE OXFORD AUTHORS
This volume of Swift's work is unique in selecting from the full range of the prose, poetry, and letters spanning an active fifty-year writing career. The presentation of his work, being chronological rather than thematic, gives a much clearer feeling of how Swift's ideas developed and were expressed in different styles of writing. Some of the more familiar 'literary' and satirical pieces, such as A Tale of a Tub and The Battle of the Books, as well as political pamphlets, pieces for the popular press, and a good sample of correspondence, notably his Journal to Stella, provide a lively commentary on the turbulent events of the time. There is no doubt that Swift's 'certain uncommon way of thinking' inspired, teased, and affronted his own, and future generations.
the oxford authors is a series of authoritative editions of major English writers. Aimed at both students and the general reader, each volume contains a generous selection of the best writings—poetry, prose, and letters—to give the essence of a writer's work and thinking. All the texts are complemented by essential notes, an introduction, chronology, and suggestions for further reading.
frank kermode, the General Editor of the series, is retired King Edward Vil Professor of English Literature at Cambridge.
angus ross is Reader in English at the University of Sussex.
david woolley, an eminent Swift scholar, has undertaken an extensive study of early original texts of Swift's verse, prose, and letters, collected from all over the world. Vissza