- Paperback: 768 pages
- Publisher: Oxford University Press; New edition edition (Jan 9 2003)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0192840789
- ISBN-13: 978-0192840783
- Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 3.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 522 g
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #779,601 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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`Review from previous edition 'a very good selection of Swift's writings'' Denis Donoghue, London Review of Books
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This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique selection from the full range of Swift's fifty-year career - prose, poetry, and letters - to give the essence of his work and thinking. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) is best known as the author of Gulliver's Travels, which alone would have secured his place in the history of English literature. But in addition to this classicfictional satire, Swift wrote numerous works concerning politics, religion, and Ireland, some savage (such as A Modest Proposal), others humorous, and all suffused with his tremendous wit, inventiveness, and vigour. This anthology includes satirical works such as A Tale of a Tub and The Battle of the Books, political pamphlets, pieces for the popular press, poems, and a generous selection from Swift's correspondence. Presented chronologically, the anthology offers a new and clearer awareness of the unity as well as the complexity of Swift's vision, and the powerful bonds between disparate pieces.
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6 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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GREAT IRISH WRITER STILL FRESHER THAN TODAY, July 24 2006
By C. Scanlon "least helpful reviewer" - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Major Works (Paperback)
Jonathon Swift, a wonderful Irish satirist long before such great Irish twentieth century parodists, ironists and satirists such as Joyce, Shaw, WIlde and Beckett, served as an inspiration for much of what is best in our twentieth century literature. Particularly post-modern is his Tale of the Tub which first satirized the then new conventions of the printed book, as well described by PRof. Hugh Kenner.This volume gives a full view of the spectrum of Mr. Swift's writings, beyond Gulliver. By the way, do read Gulliver unabridged (not Disney) to understand among other things how he put out the palace fire, and how he served as intimate toy in the land of the giants, and as always, get intelligent commentaries for fullest understanding and insight
FOr the greatest in English literature beyond Shakespeare, turn to the Irish, always, odd for a nation whose greatest tale-telling tradition and tour-de-forces remain spoken rather than written.
1 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good introduction to Swift, Jan 5 2007
By Juan Alberto Cadena - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Major Works (Paperback)
I like this book. It gives you a good introduction to Swift. If you like the man, which this book tries to present through letters, then you can later read a more complete book with his writings.
9 of 19 people found the following review helpful
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No Gulliver's Travels, July 7 2006
By William Jeffrion - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Major Works (Paperback)
I haven't yet read the pieces in this book, but I was disappointed to find out that this book does NOT contain Gulliver's Travels.One would expect that Jonathan Swift's Great Works would contain his greatest work. One would be wrong.
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