A Political Biography of Jonathan Swift
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A Political Biography of Jonathan Swift

David Oakleaf

  1. 288 pages
  2. English
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eBook - ePub

A Political Biography of Jonathan Swift

David Oakleaf

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Most famous as the author of "Gulliver's Travels", Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was one of the most important propagandists and satirists of his day. This study seeks to contextualize Swift within the political arena of his day.

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Publisher
Routledge
Year
2015
ISBN
9781317315513
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title Page
  3. Series Page
  4. Title Page
  5. Copyright Page
  6. Table of Contents
  7. Dedication
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. List of Abbreviations
  10. Introduction: ‘The Church Had Never Such a Writer’
  11. 1 Swift, War, and Ireland: ‘An Heap of Conspiracies, Rebellions, Murders, Massacres, Revolutions, Banishments’
  12. 2 Courting the Favour of the Great: A Discourse and A Tale of a Tub
  13. 3 An Entire Friend to the Established Church’: Churchman among the Statesmen and Wits
  14. 4 The Echo of the Coffee House and the Voice of the Kingdom: Propagandist for a Peace
  15. 5 ‘Do I become a Slave in Six Hours, by Crossing the Channel?’: The Dean, the Drapier and Irish Politics
  16. Conclusion: ‘Upon this Great Foundation of Misanthropy’
  17. Notes
  18. Works Cited
  19. Index