Selected Works - Couverture souple

Swift, Jonathan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0192813374 ISBN 13 : 9780192813374

Editeur : Oxford Paperbacks, 1984

Synopsis

This volume of Swift's work is unique in selecting from the full range of the prose, poetry, and letters spanning an active fifty-year writing career. The presentation of his work, being chronological rather than thematic, gives a much clearer feeling of how Swift's ideas developed and were expressed in different styles of writing. Some of the more familiar 'literary' and satirical pieces, such as "A Tale of a Tub" and "The Battle of the Books, " as well as political pamphlets, pieces for the popular press, and a good sample of correspondance, notably in his "Journal to Stella, " provides a lively commentary on the turbulent events of the time. There is no doubt that Swifts's 'certain uncommon way of thinking' inspired, teased, and affronted his own, and future generations.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oxford Paperbacks
• Date d'édition: 1984
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0192813374
• ISBN 13: 9780192813374
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 758
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Messaggerie Libri ; ufficio.anagrafiche@meli.it; ; Via Verdi, 8; Assago Milano; Italie