Swift: The Man, his Works, and the Age: Volume Two: Dr Swift

ISBN-13: 9780367712532 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 782 str.

Irvin Ehrenpreis

Opis

First published in 1967, Dr Swift is the second of three volumes providing a detailed exploration of the events of Swift’s life.

This volume begins by assessing Swift’s character, hopes and ambitions in 1699. It then traces his life and career up to 1714 in minute detail, giving close consideration to Swift’s expectations and the extent to which he felt they were fulfilled. In doing so, it covers Swift’s movement between Ireland and England, his reputation as a poet, his historical writing, his church preferments, involvement in politics, and much more, including his relationships with a number of prominent social figures of the time.

Dr Swift is ideal for those with an interest in Swift’s life, and in particular his life and career between 1699 and 1714.

Spis treści

1: Swift in 1699; 2: Preferments; 3: Varina Dismissed; 4: Verse and Prose; 5: The Politics of Travel; 6: The Contests and Dissensions; 7: Historical Sketches; 8: PPT and MD; 9: Cast Courtiers; 10: Laracor and Dublin; 11: England: November 1703 to May 1704; 12: Ireland For Three and a Half Years, 1704-1707; 13: England: Winter and Spring, 1707-8; 14: Addison and Poetry; 15: Church and State; 16: Morality and Religion; 17: England, 1708-9; 18: More Suspense: July 1709-August 1710; 19: Dr Sw—T; 20: The Peacemakers; 21: The Conduct of the Allies; 22: High Life; 23: Low Life; 24: Suspense; 25: The Life of a Spider; 26: Vanessa and PPT; 27: Bolingbroke’s Rise; 28: Oxford’s Fall; Appendices

O autorze

Irvin Ehrenpreis