The Intelligencer

ISBN-13: 9780198126706 / Angielski / Twarda / 1992 / 384 str.

Jonathan Swift; Thomas Sheridan; James Woolley

Opis

In 1728-1729, Jonathan Swift and his friend Thomas Sheridan anonymously published the Intelligencer, a trenchant and often witty commentary on the Irish social and political scene in the year before the publication of A Modest Proposal. The first collected edition of the Intelligencer since 1730, this volume presents the rare original Dublin pamphlets, including full commentary and appendices based on contemporary broadsides, newspapers, and manuscripts, and a fresh bibliographical analysis of the work's textual transmission.

Recenzje

'Swift scholars have been eagerly waiting the appearance of this edition for a number of years, and it is a great relief to find that James Woolley's meticulous scholarship has not been compromised by the publishers ... he has supplied excellent editorial guidance to each number of The Intelligencer in the form of introductory essays, splendid, informative notes on content, and textual notes. A series of appendices round off this welcome addition to scholarly editions of Swift's works.' J.A. Downie, University of London, British Journal for Eighteenth Century Studies, Vol. 17, Part 1, Spring 1994

Spis treści

Illustrations; Abbreviations and short titles; General introduction; Characteristics and emphases; Publication and reception; Sheridan's life; Sheridan the writer; Swift, Sheridan, and the Intelligencer; Dates of the Intelligencer; A note on the annotation; Textual introduction; The Intelligencer, Nos. 1-20; Appendices: A. Archbishop King on the taxation of Ireland; B. Unpublished contemporary comment; C. Duncombe's essay on The Beggars Opera; D. Commentary in Mist's and Fog's; E. A True Character and On Paddy's Character; F. Building in Dublin c.1728; G. Published replies to No.16; H. The spurious No. 20; I. The Bowyer-Davis preface; J. Intended papers: Swift's manuscript hints; K. To the Author of Those Intelligencers Printed at Dublin; L. Unauthorized titles of the Intelligencers; Textual notes; Index