Jonathan's travels
Subtitle: Swift and Ireland
By: Joseph McMinn.
Publisher: Appletree Press; St. Martin's Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Belfast; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 160
Subjects: Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 -- Knowledge -- Ireland; Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 -- Homes and haunts -- Ireland; Travelers -- Ireland -- History -- 18th century; Authors, Irish -- Homes and haunts -- Ireland; Authors, Irish -- 18th century -- Biography; Travel in literature; Ireland -- Intellectual life -- 18th century; Ireland -- In literature
Description: This is the first illustrated account of Jonathan Swift's life-long and extensive travels around Ireland.

In a series of chapters based on places and journeys (including his many voyages across the Irish Sea), this study explores Swift's sense of Ireland, quoting extensively from his critical and detailed observations about people, culture and landscape.

Using a wide range of contemporary illustrations, this account gives a unique and vivid appreciation of Georgian Ireland, notably the changing character and shape of Dublin, and recreates the strong sense of adventure that distinguishes Swift's attitude towards his birthplace.

This is a dramatic biography as well as a topographical narrative, one which tells the story of Swift's life from a traveller's viewpoint. It dispels the myth of Swift as a misanthropic recluse, and shows him as a most energetic and sociable writer utterly committed to the improvement and well-being of Ireland.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 151-156) and index.