Format:
1 online resource (xci, 821 pages)
ISBN:
9781139016360
Series Statement:
The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jonathan Swift 2
Content:
Swift's parodies are among his most fascinating works, but perhaps require most explication for the modern reader. Valerie Rumbold brings a new depth and detail to the editing of Swift's Bickerstaff papers, 'Polite Conversation', 'Directions to Servants' and other works on language and conduct. Highlights include a fresh investigation of the political and print contexts of the Bickerstaff papers, full commentaries on such smaller works as 'A Modest Defence of Punning' and 'On Barbarous Denominations in Ireland', identification and explanation of many additional sayings in 'Polite Conversation', and a detailed contextualisation of 'Directions to Servants' in contemporary domestic theory and practice. A substantial thematic Introduction is supplemented by an individual headnote and full annotation to each work. The Textual Introduction explores the publishing strategies adopted by Swift and his booksellers, and a separate Textual Account of each work presents and discusses changes in the texts over time.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780521843263
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781009160384
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Swift, Jonathan, 1667 - 1745 The Cambridge edition of the works of Jonathan Swift ; 2: Parodies, hoaxes, mock treatises Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2013 ISBN 9780521843263
Language:
English
Subjects:
English Studies
Keywords:
Swift, Jonathan 1667-1745
;
Satire
DOI:
10.1017/9780521843263
Author information:
Swift, Jonathan 1667-1745
