Jonathan Swift In Context

Author : Joseph Hone,Pat Rogers
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 718 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2024-05-09
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781108924559

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Jonathan Swift in Context by Joseph Hone,Pat Rogers Pdf

Jonathan Swift remains the most important and influential satirist in the English language. The author of Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal, and A Tale of a Tub, in addition to vast numbers of political pamphlets, satirical verses, sermons, and other kinds of text, Swift is one of the most versatile writers in the literary canon. His writings were always closely intertwined with the English and Irish worlds in which he lived. The forty-four essays collected in Jonathan Swift in Context advance the latest research on Swift in a way that will engage undergraduate students while also remaining useful for scholars. Reflecting the best of current and ongoing scholarship, the contextual approach advanced by this volume will help to make Swift's works even more powerful and resonant to modern audiences.

Author : Nigel Wood
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317893141

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Jonathan Swift by Nigel Wood Pdf

This collection of critical thinking situates the satire of Jonathan Swift within both its eighteenth-century contexts and our modern anxieties about personal identity and communication. Augustan satire at its most provocative is not simply concerned with the public matters of politics or religion, but also offers a precise medium in which to express the paradox of ironic detachment amidst deep conviction. The critics chosen for this volume demonstrate the complexity of Swift's work. Its four sections explore matters of authorial identity, the relation between Swift's writing and its historical context, the full range of his comments on gender, and his deployment of metaphor and irony to engage the reader. Swift has often been regarded as a writer who anticipated many twentieth-century cultural preoccupations, and this volume provides an opportunity to test just how modern he actually was. It also provides an answer to those who would wish to simplify his writing as that of Tory and misogynist. The theoretical perspectives of the contributors are lucidly explained and their critical terms located in the wider contexts of contemporary theory in the introduction and headnotes. The volume places Swift historically within the philosophical and religious traditions of eighteenth-century thought.

Author : Clive T. Probyn
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Great Britain
ISBN : LCCN:79107800

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Jonathan Swift, the Contemporary Background by Clive T. Probyn Pdf

Author : Jonathan Swift
Publisher : Modernista
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2024-05-30
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9789180949194

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A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift Pdf

In one of the most powerful and darkly satirical works of the 18th century, a chilling solution is proposed to address the dire poverty and overpopulation plaguing Ireland. Jonathan Swift presents a shockingly calculated and seemingly rational argument for using the children of the poor as a food source, thereby addressing both the economic burden on society and the issue of hunger. This provocative piece is a masterful example of irony and social criticism, as it exposes the cruel attitudes and policies of the British ruling class towards the Irish populace. Jonathan Swift's incisive critique not only underscores the absurdity of the proposed solution but also serves as a profound commentary on the exploitation and mistreatment of the oppressed. A Modest Proposal remains a quintessential example of satirical literature, its biting wit and moral indignation as relevant today as it was at the time of its publication. JONATHAN SWIFT [1667-1745] was an Anglo-Irish author, poet, and satirist. His deadpan satire led to the coining of the term »Swiftian«, describing satire of similarly ironic writing style. He is most famous for the novel Gulliver’s Travels [1726] and the essay A Modest Proposal [1729].

Author : Maria-Angeles Ruiz Moneva
Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-12
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781527554719

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A Modest Proposal in the Context of Swift’s Irish Tracts by Maria-Angeles Ruiz Moneva Pdf

Swift's A Modest Proposal has always aroused the interest not just of literary critics, but also of linguists and pragmatists. Within the latter approaches, the study of irony, and more concretely, the intentions and attitudes that must have guided the production of such an intricate work, have always been paramount. However, it seems that within pragmatics the analysis has been restricted so far to the 1729 work itself. In the present author's view, it is interesting to contextualise this masterpiece of irony and satire within Swift's wider writing on Ireland, an approach that remains to be carried out. Accordingly, this work sets out to analyse a selection of Swift’s Irish Tracts, with a view to tracing the evolution within Swift's literary production of his views and attitudes towards the situation of his homeland. Although different pragmatic approaches are applied, the emphasis is laid upon the contributions that the relevance-theoretical framework and its studies on irony may bring to the understanding of this particular Tract. The works selected are meant to cover and also be representative of the main phases currently distinguished within Swift's writing on the "Irish Question". It is therefore hoped that a deeper analysis of the former works by Swift on this topic will provide new insights for a better understanding of A Modest Proposal.

Author : Paddy Bullard,James McLaverty
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 309 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781107016262

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Jonathan Swift and the Eighteenth-Century Book by Paddy Bullard,James McLaverty Pdf

An account of Swift's dealings with books and texts, showing how the business of print was transformed during his lifetime.

Author : Leslie Stephen
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2019-12-11
Category : History
ISBN : EAN:4064066204631

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Swift by Leslie Stephen Pdf

"Swift" by Leslie Stephen. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.

Author : Jonathan Swift
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781451685749

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Gulliver's Travels and A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift Pdf

By turns a children's fantasy and a social satire for adults, Gulliver's Travels is one of the most popular adventure tales of all time. Gulliver's Travels describes the four fantastic voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a kindly ship's surgeon. Swift portrays him as an observer, a reporter, and a victim of circumstance. His travels take him to Lilliput where he is a giant observing tiny people. In Brobdingnag, the tables are reversed and he is the tiny person in a land of giants where he is exhibited as a curiosity at markets and fairs. The flying island of Laputa is the scene of his next voyage. The people plan and plot as their country lies in ruins. It is a world of illusion and distorted values. The fourth and final voyage takes him to the home of the Houyhnhnms, gentle horses who rule the land. He also encounters Yahoos, filthy bestial creatures who resemble humans. This edition includes: -A concise introduction that gives readers important background information -A chronology of the author's life and work -A timeline of significant events that provides the book's historical context -An outline of key themes and plot points to help readers form their own interpretations -Detailed explanatory notes -Critical analysis, including contemporary and modern perspectives on the work -Discussion questions to promote lively classroom and book group interaction -A list of recommended related books and films to broaden the reader's experience Enriched Classics offer readers affordable editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and insightful commentary. The scholarship provided in Enriched Classics enables readers to appreciate, understand, and enjoy the world's finest books to their full potential.

Author : Leo Damrosch
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 587 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013-11-12
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780300164992

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Jonathan Swift by Leo Damrosch Pdf

Draws on discoveries made in the past three decades to paint a new portrait of the satirist, speculating on his parentage, love life, and relationships while claiming that the public image he projected was intentionally misleading.

Author : Alan D. Chalmers
Publisher : University of Delaware Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0874135540

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Jonathan Swift and the Burden of the Future by Alan D. Chalmers Pdf

"Alan Chalmers's Jonathan Swift and the Burden of the Future explores Swift's temporal apprehension in the context of the pertinent seventeenth- and eighteenth-century religious, scientific, and cultural debates. It also compares Swift's imaginative understanding of time with that of such other writers as Juvenal, Rabelais, Milton, Pope, Gray, and Whitman."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Author : Keith Crook
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014-07-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317888314

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A Preface to Swift by Keith Crook Pdf

Jonathan Swift's moral and political satires astonished his contemporaries and still have the power to disturb, with their compelling images and unsettling turns of argument, and to delight, with their charm and inventive wit. A Preface to Swift examines the complex appeal of this fierce critic of oppression. While thematically arranged, the text follows a broadly chronological account of Swift's life to show his development as a writer from the prolific and inventive iconoclast to the mature satirist whose enduring memory of past events produced warm friendship as well as strong resentment. It considers in detail his engagement with the corruption of over-secure politicians and his opposition to the easy rationalism of free-thinking pundits. Gulliver's Travels is shown to be a coherent critique of eighteenth-century ideas of science, education and politics in which the order of the books ('the progress of the fable') is highly significant for its whole meaning. While this is a major focus, Keith Crook also discusses a wide range of Swift's other works, including his early satires, his political writings, his poems and his letters. Detailed chronological charts place his life and works in the political and cultural context, and illustrations have been chosen with commentaries to extend the reader's sense of Swift's connections with London, Ireland and his contemporaries. This will be a particularly useful introduction to students who are studying satire as a genre; the early eighteenth-century literary, scientific, philosophical and political context; the representation of women; the political relation of Ireland to England; and the position of the artist within society, especially in connection with the levers of power.

Author : Claude Julien Rawson
Publisher : Pearson
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCSC:32106016810035

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Jonathan Swift by Claude Julien Rawson Pdf

A collection of critical essays reflecting both older and newer perspectives. Contains an introduction by the editor (a respected scholar in the field), a chronology of the author's life, and an annotated bibliography.

Author : Jonathan Swift
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-21
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798639310300

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The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Volume III (Annotated) by Jonathan Swift Pdf

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Volume III by Jonathan Swift.Jonathan Swift (Dublin, November 30, 1667-ibid., October 19, 1745) was an Irish satirical writer. His main work is Gulliver's Travels, ? which constitutes one of the most bitter, and at the same time satirical, criticisms that have been written against society and the human condition. A member of the Scriblerus Club, he anonymously published or used the pseudonyms of Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff and M. B. Drapier to hide his satires. Of English parents, a modest lawyer and a housewife, Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin and was a posthumous son of his father, since he died shortly before he was born; all he owed to the charity of his uncle Godwin, who was in charge of educating the boy in the midst of great poverty, since his mother left the boy and returned to England.His family was related to numerous writers, especially his cousin John Dryden, who died in 1700, and the former Francis Godwin (1562-1633), and further and collaterally with Walter Raleigh and William Davenant; Even so, of all these only a utopian and satirical writer like Francis Godwin left some mark on his work. He learned to read at age three and liked to do it out loud, especially snippets from Plutarch.

Author : Jonathan Swift
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798639495281

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The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Volume IV (Annotated) by Jonathan Swift Pdf

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, Volume IV by Jonathan Swift.Jonathan Swift (Dublin, November 30, 1667-ibid., October 19, 1745) was an Irish satirical writer. His main work is Gulliver's Travels, ? which constitutes one of the most bitter, and at the same time satirical, criticisms that have been written against society and the human condition. A member of the Scriblerus Club, he anonymously published or used the pseudonyms of Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff and M. B. Drapier to hide his satires. Of English parents, a modest lawyer and a housewife, Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin and was a posthumous son of his father, since he died shortly before he was born; all he owed to the charity of his uncle Godwin, who was in charge of educating the boy in the midst of great poverty, since his mother left the boy and returned to England. His family was related to numerous writers, especially his cousin John Dryden, who died in 1700, and the former Francis Godwin (1562-1633), and further and collaterally with Walter Raleigh and William Davenant; Even so, of all these only a utopian and satirical writer like Francis Godwin left some mark on his work. He learned to read at age three and liked to do it out loud, especially snippets from Plutarch.

Author : Jonathan Swift
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2020-07-20
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9798667732334

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Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift (Annotated) by Jonathan Swift Pdf

Differentiated book- It has a historical context with research of the time-Ireland in the Days of Dean Swift by Jonathan Swift.This book contains a historical context, where past events or the study and narration of these events are examined. The historical context refers to the circumstances and incidents surrounding an event. This context is formed by everything that, in some way, influences the event when it happens. A fact is always tied to its time: that is, to its time. Therefore, when analyzing events that took place tens, hundreds or thousands of years ago, it is essential to know the historical context to understand them. Otherwise, we would be analyzing and judging what happened in a totally different era with a current perspective.Jonathan Swift (Dublin, November 30, 1667-ibid., October 19, 1745) was an Irish satirical writer. His main work is Gulliver's Travels, ? which constitutes one of the most bitter, and at the same time satirical, criticisms that have been written against society and the human condition. A member of the Scriblerus Club, he anonymously published or used the pseudonyms of Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff and M. B. Drapier to hide his satires.Of English parents, a modest lawyer and a housewife, Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin and was a posthumous son of his father