{"product_id":"politics-and-literature-in-the-age-of-swift-english-and-irish-perspectives-hardback-9780521190152","title":"Politics and Literature in the Age of Swift; English and Irish Perspectives (Hardback) 9780521190152","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePolitics and Literature in the Age of Swift\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEnglish and Irish Perspectives\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA wide range of new approaches to Swift's literary and political achievement in its English and Irish contexts.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eClaude Rawson (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521190152, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 May 2010\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e312 pages, 9 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.1 cm, 0.63 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'Politics and Literature is illuminated by rich essays from distinguished scholars.' Charles A. Knight, The Scriblerian\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJonathan Swift was the most influential political commentator of his time, in both England and Ireland. His writings are a major source for historians of the eighteenth century, as well as including some of the greatest works of satire in verse and prose. This volume presents wide-ranging new perspectives on Swift's literary and political achievement in its English and Irish contexts, bringing together some of the most energetic current scholarship on the subject in both historical and literary studies. The essays consider Swift's attitude to Dissenters, his relationship with Walpole, and his place in, and understanding of, the political demography of colonial Ireland. They also examine Swift's poems and pamphlets, and his hoaxes and satires, showing his extraordinary versatility in a wide variety of genres. Full of original insights, this volume offers a rich and important new treatment of Swift's central role in eighteenth-century political and literary culture.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface Claude Rawson\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Political Swift 1 (England): 1. Jonathan Swift's political confession Ian Higgins\u003cbr\u003e 2. Situating Swift's politics in 1701 Mark Goldie\u003cbr\u003e 3. Swift and Walpole Paul Langford\u003cbr\u003e Part II. The Writer and His World: 4. Burying the fanatic partridge: Swift's Holy Week hoax Valerie Rumbold\u003cbr\u003e 5. Swift and the art of political publication: hints and title pages, 1711–14 James McLaverty\u003cbr\u003e 6. Swift's poetics of friendship Helen Deutsch\u003cbr\u003e 7. 'Now deaf 1740': entrapment, foreboding, and exorcism in late Swift David Womersley\u003cbr\u003e 8. Savage indignation revisited: Swift, Yeats, and the 'cry' of liberty Claude Rawson\u003cbr\u003e Part III. The Political Swift 2 (Ireland): 9. 'Paltry Underlings of State'? The character and aspirations of the 'Castle' Party, 1715–32 D. W. Hayton\u003cbr\u003e 10. Old English, New English and Ancient Irish: Swift and the Irish past Sean Connolly\u003cbr\u003e 11. Jonathan Swift and the Irish Colonial Project Robert Mahony\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Politics \u0026amp; government [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Politics \u0026amp; government\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Politics%20\u0026amp;%20government%20%5BJP%5D%22\"\u003eJP\u003c\/a\u003e], Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Modern%20history%20to%2020th%20century:%20c%201700%20to%20c%201900%20%5BHBLL%5D%22\"\u003eHBLL\u003c\/a\u003e], British \u0026amp; Irish history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on British \u0026amp; Irish history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22British%20\u0026amp;%20Irish%20history%20%5BHBJD1%5D%22\"\u003eHBJD1\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]\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":46006802972952,"sku":"9780521190152","price":95.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521190152i_a121e175-66c8-4ead-8d1f-4f12be12a4f1.jpg?v=1691373489","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/politics-and-literature-in-the-age-of-swift-english-and-irish-perspectives-hardback-9780521190152","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}