Irish Political Writings after 1725
A Modest Proposal and Other Works

The first fully annotated, contextualised, and textually authoritative edition of Swift's Irish prose writings from 1726 to 1738.

Jonathan Swift (Author), David Hayton (Edited by), Adam Rounce (Edited by)

9781009160391, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 30 June 2022

656 pages, 6 b/w illus.
22.9 x 15.1 x 3.6 cm, 0.96 kg

'I predict Swift studies are going show a major up-tick, owing to these new volumes. Many young people with access to research libraries are going to find their way to the Dean by this route, and they're going to learn a lot along the way. So I say hats off to the entire editorial staff of Struldbruggs at Luggnagg University, for their unfathomable erudition and tireless labor. Depend on it, Sir, this Swift is going to last a hundred years.' Anthony Madrid, RHINO Poetry

This latest volume of The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jonathan Swift is the first fully annotated edition of Swift's Irish prose writings from 1726 to 1737. Works in this volume include the famous A Modest Proposal, the acerbic A Short View of the State of Ireland, Swift's contributions to The Intelligencer, and other prose pieces of satire, polemic and intervention into contemporary Irish politics. Most of these works have never previously been published with full scholarly annotation, or with a complete and textually authoritative apparatus. This volume offers a comprehensive introduction, setting Swift's writings of the period into their full historical, political and economic context. In addition to a critical introduction and appendices, there is also an up-to-date bibliography. The volume enables Swift's role as a political and social commentator in the years after the publication of Gulliver's Travels to be understood with new clarity.

List of illustrations
General editors' preface
Acknowledgements
Chronology
List of abbreviations
Introduction
Irish political writings after 1725
Associated materials: 1. Hints for Intelligencer Papers, and Maxims Examined
2. Letter to the Printer of Thoughts on the Tillage of Ireland
Appendices: A. Memorial of the Poor Inhabitants of Ireland
B. The Craftsman's First Letter of Advice, 7 November 1730
C. The Case of the Woollen Manufacturers
D. To The Author of those Intelligencers Printed at Dublin
E. Dublin Weekly Journal, Saturday, June 7th, 1729
Textual introduction
Textual accounts of individual works
Bibliography
Index.

Subject Areas: Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [HBLL], British & Irish history [HBJD1], Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers [DSK], Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800 [DSBD]