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Jonathan Swift and the Church of Ireland, 1710-1724 / Christopher J. Fauske.
Van Pelt Library PR3728.R4 F38 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fauske, Christopher J., 1963-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745--Religion.
- Swift, Jonathan.
- Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
- Church of Ireland.
- Authors, Irish--18th century--Biography.
- Authors, Irish.
- Clergy.
- Church history.
- Religion.
- Ireland.
- Ireland--Church history--18th century.
- Church of Ireland--Clergy--Biography.
- Clergy--Ireland--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 192 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Dublin, Ireland ; Portland, OR : Irish Academic Press, 2002.
- Contents:
- Prologue: 'The teasing particularity of Swift's ironies': reflections on the Dean 1
- 1. 'Putting the world in order': when Jonathan Swift met his destiny 13
- 2. 'We were in danger to be over-run': the church's plea 27
- 3. 'I had no ill-designs': the Dean and his church 55
- 4. 'Vertue in this deluded people': who will save the Irish? 74
- 5. 'A bubble ... sufficient to do our business': the economy of a province 100
- 6. 'The struggle for control of rents': the Commons takes on the church 125
- Epilogue: 'The vandals of the present age': the Dean's ironic legacy 145.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-186) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0716527286
- OCLC:
- 49990513
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