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050 _aPR 3722 .W75 1973
245 4 _aThe writings of Jonathan Swift :
_bauthoritative texts, backgrounds, criticism /
_cedited by Robert A. Greenberg and William Bowman Piper.
250 _aA NORTON CRITICAL EDITION
260 _aNew York :
_bNorton & Company,
_cc1973
300 _axiv, 721 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c22 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references.
505 _aThe Text of Gulliver's Travels (1976) -- The Texts if A Tale of a Tub and Other Prose -- The Texts of the Poems -- Backgrounds -- Criticism -- Bibliography.
520 _aThe purpose of this volume is to make as accessible as possible to the modern reader the best and most characteristic writings of Jonathan Swift.-Pref. This volume contains the complete and definitive texts of virtually all of Swift's major works, as well as a generous selection of his poetry and other writings. Included are Gulliver's Travels, A Tale of a Tub, The Battel of the Books, A Discourse Concerning the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit, numerous essays and other prose pieces, and poems ... A wide range of background materials is presented, including correspondence between Swift and members of his circle and observations by his contemporaries. The critical essays offer evaluations by Norman O. Brown, Samuel Holt Monk, Allan Bloom, Nigel Dennis, Edward W. Rosenheim, Jr., A.E. Dyson, William Frost, C.J. Rawson, Kathleen Williams, Martin Price, Rober M. Adams, and Jay Arnold Levin.-Back cover.
650 _aSWIFT, JONATHAN -- 1667-1745 -- CRITICISM AND INTERPRETATION
700 _aGreenberg, Robert A.;Piper, William Bowman
_eeditor;co-editor
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_cBK
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