{"product_id":"parodies-hoaxes-mock-treatises-polite-conversation-directions-to-servants-and-other-works-paperback-9781009160384","title":"Parodies, Hoaxes, Mock Treatises; Polite Conversation, Directions to Servants and Other Works (Paperback \/ softback) 9781009160384","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eParodies, Hoaxes, Mock Treatises\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePolite Conversation, Directions to Servants and Other Works\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew fully annotated edition of Bickerstaff papers, 'Polite Conversation', 'Directions to Servants' and other works by Jonathan Swift.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJonathan Swift (Author), Valerie Rumbold (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009160384, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 June 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e913 pages, 11 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 5 cm, 1.32 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Valerie Rumbold as editor has done an assiduous and thorough job, well up to the high standards set by this series so far … this volume is, in its editorial construction and execution, a wonderful resource for scholars which will remain the standard edition for the foreseeable future.' Robert J. Mayhew, Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSwift's parodies are among his most fascinating works, but perhaps require most explication for the modern reader. Valerie Rumbold brings a new depth and detail to the editing of Swift's Bickerstaff papers, 'Polite Conversation', 'Directions to Servants' and other works on language and conduct. Highlights include a fresh investigation of the political and print contexts of the Bickerstaff papers, full commentaries on such smaller works as 'A Modest Defence of Punning' and 'On Barbarous Denominations in Ireland', identification and explanation of many additional sayings in 'Polite Conversation', and a detailed contextualisation of 'Directions to Servants' in contemporary domestic theory and practice. A substantial thematic Introduction is supplemented by an individual headnote and full annotation to each work. The Textual Introduction explores the publishing strategies adopted by Swift and his booksellers, and a separate Textual Account of each work presents and discusses changes in the texts over time.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eGeneral editors' preface\u003cbr\u003e Chronology\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e A Meditation upon a Broom-stick\u003cbr\u003e A Tritical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind\u003cbr\u003e Predictions for the Year 1708\u003cbr\u003e The Accomplishment of the First of Mr Bickerstaff's Predictions\u003cbr\u003e A Vindication of Isaac Bickerstaff Esq.\u003cbr\u003e A Famous Prediction of Merlin, the British Wizard\u003cbr\u003e Tatler no. 230\u003cbr\u003e Harrison's Tatler no. 5\u003cbr\u003e Harrison's Tatler no. 20\u003cbr\u003e A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue\u003cbr\u003e A Modest Defence of Punning\u003cbr\u003e Hints towards an Essay on Conversation\u003cbr\u003e On Good-Manners and Good-Breeding\u003cbr\u003e Hints on Good Manners\u003cbr\u003e The Last Speech and Dying Words of Ebenezor Ellison\u003cbr\u003e Of the Education of Ladies\u003cbr\u003e A History of Poetry\u003cbr\u003e A Discourse to Prove the Antiquity of the English Tongue\u003cbr\u003e On Barbarous Denominations in Ireland\u003cbr\u003e Polite Conversation\u003cbr\u003e Directions to Servants\u003cbr\u003e General Textual Introduction and Textual Accounts of Individual Works\u003cbr\u003e Associated Materials: I. April Fool's Joke\u003cbr\u003e II. Specimens of Irish English\u003cbr\u003e III. Laws for the Dean's Servants\u003cbr\u003e IV. Duty of Servants at Inns\u003cbr\u003e V. Notes for Polite Conversation\u003cbr\u003e VI. Fragment of a Preface for Directions to Servants\u003cbr\u003e Appendices: A. A Dialogue in the Castilian Language\u003cbr\u003e B. The Dying Speech of Tom Ashe\u003cbr\u003e C. To my lord High Admirall. The Humble petition of the Doctor\u003cbr\u003e D. 'Squire Bickerstaff Detected\u003cbr\u003e E. An Answer to Bickerstaff\u003cbr\u003e F. The Publisher to the Reader\u003cbr\u003e G. The Attribution to Swift of Further Tatlers and Spectators\u003cbr\u003e H. The Attribution to Swift of A Letter of Advice to a Young Poet\u003cbr\u003e I. The Last Farewell of Ebenezor Elliston\u003cbr\u003e J. A Consultation of Four Physicians, upon a Lord that was Dying\u003cbr\u003e K. A Certificate to a Discarded Servant\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary reference works [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary reference works\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20reference%20works%20%5BDSR%5D%22\"\u003eDSR\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20fiction,%20novelists%20\u0026amp;%20prose%20writers%20%5BDSK%5D%22\"\u003eDSK\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201800%20to%20c%201900%20%20%5BDSBF%5D%22\"\u003eDSBF\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201500%20to%20c%201800%20%5BDSBD%5D%22\"\u003eDSBD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000377626904,"sku":"9781009160384","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781009160384i.jpg?v=1696791298","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/parodies-hoaxes-mock-treatises-polite-conversation-directions-to-servants-and-other-works-paperback-9781009160384","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}