Jonathan Swift
By: edited and introduced by Nigel Wood.
Contributors: Wood, Nigel, 1953-
Series: Longman critical readers
Publisher: Longman
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 299
Subjects: Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 -- Criticism and interpretation; Satire, English -- Ireland -- History and criticism
Description: "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." "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."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.