Journal to Stella
Letters to Esther Johnson and Rebecca Dingley, 1710–1713

First critical edition for over 50 years, it sheds new light on Swift, his relationships and the historical period.

Jonathan Swift (Author), Abigail Williams (Edited by)

9780521841665, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 5 December 2013

898 pages, 13 b/w illus.
23.5 x 15.8 x 4.6 cm, 1.57 kg

'Magisterial …' London Review of Books

The Journal to Stella, Jonathan Swift's letters to Esther Johnson, or 'Stella', and Rebecca Dingley, written between September 1710 and June 1713, offers an extraordinary commentary on Swift's experiences in London during the most politically active and exciting years of his career and evidence of his evolving relationship with the two women. This edition seeks for the first time both to situate the letters alongside Swift's other works and to place them within their original political, historical and cultural contexts. It brings together a combination of printed work and manuscript to present the most complete and accessible text possible, enhanced by the use of the latest digital image analysis techniques to reinstate previously indecipherable material. In addition to a new critical introduction and appendices, there is also a biographical appendix derived from recently available resources.

General editor's preface
Chronology
Introduction
Letters
Textual account
Appendices
Bibliography.

Subject Areas: History of ideas [JFCX], Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800 [DSBD], Diaries, letters & journals [BJ]