Parodies, Hoaxes, Mock Treatises
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Parodies, Hoaxes, Mock Treatises

Polite Conversation, Directions to Servants and Other Works

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Parodies, Hoaxes, Mock Treatises

Polite Conversation, Directions to Servants and Other Works

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Swift'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.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2013
ISBN
9781107595804
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Literary Collections
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. CONTENTS
  2. ILLUSTRATIONS
  3. GENERAL EDITORS’ PREFACE
  4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  5. CHRONOLOGY
  6. ABBREVIATIONS
  7. INTRODUCTION
  8. A MEDITATION UPON A BROOM-STICK
  9. A TRITICAL ESSAY UPON THE FACULTIES OF THE MIND
  10. PREDICTIONS FOR THE YEAR 1708
  11. THE ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE FIRST OF MR. BICKERSTAFF’S PREDICTIONS
  12. A VINDICATION OF ISAAC BICKERSTAFF ESQ.
  13. A FAMOUS PREDICTION OF MERLIN, THE BRITISH WIZARD
  14. TATLER NO. 230
  15. THE TATLER.1
  16. HARRISON’S TATLER NO. 5
  17. HARRISON’S TATLER NO. 20
  18. A PROPOSAL FOR CORRECTING, IMPROVING AND ASCERTAINING THE ENGLISH TONGUE
  19. A MODEST DEFENCE OF PUNNING
  20. HINTS TOWARDS AN ESSAY ON CONVERSATION
  21. ON GOOD-MANNERS AND GOOD-BREEDING
  22. HINTS ON GOOD MANNERS
  23. THE LAST SPEECH AND DYING WORDS OF EBENEZOR ELLISON
  24. OF THE EDUCATION OF LADIES
  25. A HISTORY OF POETRY
  26. A DISCOURSE TO PROVE THE ANTIQUITY OF THE ENGLISH TONGUE
  27. ON BARBAROUS DENOMINATIONS IN IRELAND
  28. POLITE CONVERSATION
  29. A COMPLEAT COLLECTION
  30. DIRECTIONS TO SERVANTS
  31. ASSOCIATED MATERIALS
  32. APPENDICES
  33. GENERAL TEXTUAL INTRODUCTION AND TEXTUAL ACCOUNTS OF INDIVIDUAL WORKS
  34. Bibliography
  35. Index