The Lives of Jonathan Swift by Daniel Cook (English) Book & Merchandise Book

Description: The Lives of Jonathan Swift by Daniel Cook Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Book & Merchandise Condition Brand New Description Contemporaries were mesmerized by the outrageous wit of Jonathan Swift (1667--1745), a writer still widely regarded as the greatest satirist of all time. Soon after Swifts death, his friends and enemies raced to publish the definitive account of the Dean of St Patricks. Now, Routledge brings these major works together for the first time in a new, three-volume, facsimile collection, supplemented with a full introduction, bibliographies, and other textual apparatus. The collections editor avers that these highly influential biographies of one of the leading literary figures of his generation remain incompletely understood. The persistence of a number of myths can be traced back to these studies of Swift, including his own pseudo-biographical fragment on his early life. It is crucial that many of these biographies were written or commissioned by friends and allies of Swift and that some were written--or were informed by--his enemies.The collections editor makes clear that the lives of Swift have a strongly interdependent relationship and, by bringing these studies together in one easy-to-use reference resource, scholars will more readily be able to trace the perambulations of specific anecdotes and biographical readings, and better understand how Johnsons defining picture of Swift emerged. Volume I of the collection opens with an extended introductory account of the history of biographies and biographical criticism of Swift in the eighteenth century and beyond. The volume reproduces Lord Orrerys notorious Judas-biography, the Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr Jonathan Swift (1752), and a little-known book-length response, A Letter from a Gentleman in the Country, to his Son in the College of Dublin (1752--3), and, finally, the entry on Swift in Cibbers multivolume collection The Lives of the Poets (1753). The second volume includes the largely overlooked Memoirs of the Life and Writings of Jonathan Swift, DD (1752), a freely adapted plagiarism of Orrerys Remarks, and Patrick Delanys well-known Observations upon Lord Orrerys Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr Jonathan Swift (1754).This volume also contains the biographical essay from John Hawkesworths Works of Jonathan Swift, DD, Dean of St Patricks, Dublin (1755), and the undervalued Life of Jonathan Swift by the lesser-known biographer W. H. Dilworth. (Although it is largely unexamined by modern scholars, his influence on contemporary Swift studies merits renewed attention.) The final volume in the collection, meanwhile, comprises Deane Swifts seminal Essay upon the Life, Writings, and Character of Dr Jonathan Swift (1755), which includes Jonathan Swifts own fragmentary Family of Swift (c. 1727), and Patrick Delanys cantankerous response, A Letter to Dean Swift, Esq (1755). The collection ends with full textual apparatus, including contemporary reviews of, and responses to, the competing lives of Jonathan Swift. The Lives of Jonathan Swift provides a full and fascinating picture of eighteenth-century attitudes to one of the great figures of the age. It will be welcomed by Swift scholars and students, as well as those more broadly interested in the art and function of literary biography.-------- u -------- Routledge facsimile collections make key archival source material readily available to scholars, researchers, and students of literary studies, as well as those working in allied and related fields. Selected and introduced by expert editors, the gathered materials are reproduced in facsimile, giving users a strong sense of immediacy to the texts and permitting citation to the original pagination. Details ISBN 0415591341 ISBN-13 9780415591348 Title The Lives of Jonathan Swift Author Daniel Cook Format Book & Merchandise Year 2011 Pages 1669 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd GE_Item_ID:139881434; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. 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