{"product_id":"the-life-of-jonathan-swift-isbn-9781118957233","title":"The Life of Jonathan Swift","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePresents a fresh account of the life history and creative imagination of Jonathan Swift\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClassic satires such as \u003ci\u003eGulliver’s Travels, A Modest Proposal, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eA Tale of a Tub \u003c\/i\u003eexpress radical positions, yet were written by the most conservative of men. Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin and spent most of his life in Ireland, never traveling outside the British Isles. An Anglo-Irish Protestant clergyman, he was a major political and religious figure whose career was primarily clerical, not literary. Although much is known about Swift, in many ways he remains an enigma. He was admired as an Irish patriot yet was contemptuous of the Irish. He was both secretive and self-dramatizing. His talent for friendship was matched by his skill for making enemies. He hated the English but yearned to live in England. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Life of Jonathan Swift\u003c\/i\u003e explores the writing life and personal history of the foremost satirist in the English language. Accessible and engaging, this critical biography brings Swift’s writing and creative sensibility into the narrative of his life. Author Thomas Lockwood provides the historical and modern critical context of Swift’s prose satires and poetry, as well as his political journalism, essays, manuscripts, and personal correspondence. Throughout the book, biographically contextualized descriptions of Swift’s most famous works help readers better understand both the writing and the writer. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides critical profiles of \u003ci\u003eGulliver’s Travels\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAn Argument Against Abolishing Christianity, Drapier’s Letters, \u003c\/i\u003eand Swift’s other famous works\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers insights into Swift’s relationships with Esther Johnson, “Stella,” and Esther Vanhomrigh, “Vanessa”\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eHighlights Swift’s poetry and how verse writing was a vital part of his creative being\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eSummarizes and contextualizes lesser-known works such as \u003ci\u003eThe Conduct of the Allies\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses the historic critical bias against comedy or satire as inferior forms of art, both in Swift’s lifetime and the present\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Life of Jonathan Swift\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential resource for general readers of literature and literary biography, university instructors and researchers, and undergraduate students taking courses in English literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAbbreviations and Texts viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Brought over to Ireland in a Band-Box 1667 - 1689 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Moor Park 1689 - 1692 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Into the Church, Without Being Driven 1692 - 1698 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Laracor and London 1698 - 1704 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 A Tale of a Tub 1704 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Arguments about Christianity 1704 - 1709 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Writing for Power 1709 - 1712 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 The Life of a Spider 1711 - 1712 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Journal to Stella 1710 - 1713 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Preferment, Barely 1712 - 1714 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 But Why Obscurely Here Alone? 1713 - 1714 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Living Out of the World 1714 - 1718 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Second Wind 1719 - 1723 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Mr. Drapier 1723 - 1725 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Several Remote Nations 1721 - 1726 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Poor Floating Isle 1726 - 1729 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Market Hill 1728 - 1730 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 A Kind of Knack at Rhyme 1730 - 1733 298\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 We Are All Slaves and Knaves and Fools 1732 - 1735 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Drawing Room and Back Stairs 1735 - 1736 339\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Silence 1737 - 1745 358\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 381\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 435\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 445\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHOMAS LOCKWOOD\u003c\/b\u003e is Professor Emeritus and former Chair of the Department of English at the University of Washington, Seattle. He has published widely on Fielding and other eighteenth-century subjects, including satire, journalism, theater history, and the novel. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eHenry Fielding: Plays, Volumes I-III\u003c\/i\u003e and a contributor to \u003ci\u003eA Companion to Literary Biography\u003c\/i\u003e.   \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBLACKWELL CRITICAL BIOGRAPHIES\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Swift, the conservative, Anglo-Irish Protestant clergyman, appears far removed from the controversial, oftentimes radical positions expressed in his works. Swift was seen as a hero by the Irish, a defender against English exploitation, yet was contemptuous of his countrymen. He hated the English, but he longed to live in England. Although much is known about Swift, in many ways he remains an enigma. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Jonathan Swift\u003c\/i\u003e, author Thomas Lockwood offers an engaging account of the personal history and extraordinary imagination of the foremost satirist in the English language. Exploring classic satires such as \u003ci\u003eGulliver’s Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Tale of a Tub\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAn Argument Against Abolishing Christianity\u003c\/i\u003e, this highly readable critical biography describes the historical and modern critical context of Swift’s satires, poetry, political pamphlets and essays, private manuscripts, personal letters, and more. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBringing Swift’s writing and creative sensibility into the narrative of his life, \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Jonathan Swift\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential resource for general readers of literature and literary biography, university instructors and researchers, and undergraduate students of English literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990278160613,"sku":"NP9781118957233","price":50.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781118957233.jpg?v=1761787173","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-life-of-jonathan-swift-isbn-9781118957233","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}