Jonathan Swift / edited by Kathleen Williams.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Williams, Kathleen.

Series:

Critical heritage series.

The critical heritage series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745--Criticism and interpretation.

Swift, Jonathan.

English literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (359 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge & K. Paul, 1970.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling student and researcher to read the material themselves.

Contents:

Cover; Jonathan Swift: The Critical Heritage; Copyright; General Editor's Preface; Contents; Introduction; Note on the Text; 1. Dr. William King on a Tale of a Tub 1704; 2. Francis Atterbury on a Tale of a Tub 1704; 3. William Wotton on a Tale of a Tub 1705; 4. Richard Steele on a Project for the Advancement of Religion 1709; 5. John Dennis on the Examiner 1712; 6. The Aim of a Tale of a Tub 1714; 7. Sir Richard Blackmore on a Tale of a Tub 1716; 8. A Translator's Opinions of a Tale of a Tub 1721; 9. A Swiss View of a Tale of a Tub and the Battle of the Books 1721

10. The Reception of Gulliver's Travels 172611. Lady Mary Wortlby Montagu on Gulliver's Travels 1726; 12. An Anonymous Opinion of Gulliver's Travels 1726; 13. William Warburton on Swift and Human Nature 1727; 14. Voltaire on Swift 1727, 1734, 1756, 1767, 1777; 15. Abbe Desfontainesand Gulliver's Travels 1727,1730,1787; 16. Jonathan Smedley on Gulliver's Travels 1728; 17. Swift as Political Dictator 1728; 18. Anonymous Criticisms of Houyhnhnmland 1735; 19. George Faulkner on Swift's Poetry 1735; 20. The Duchess of Marlborough on Swift 1736

21 Frangois Cartaud De La Villate on a Tale of a Tub 173622. Samuel Richardson on Swift 1740, 1748, 1752, 1754; 23. Paradis De Moncrif on Gulliver's Travels 1743; 24. Henry Fielding on Swift 1745, 1751, 1752; 25. David Hume on Swift 1751, 1752, 1768; 26. Lord Orrery on Swift 1752; 27. Patrick Delany on Swift 1754; 28. Deaneswifton Gulliver's Travels and on Swift as a Poet 1755; 29. John Hawkes Worth on Swift 1755; 30. W. H. Dilworth on Swift 1758; 31. Edward Young on Gulliver's Travels 1759; 32. George Lord Lyttelton on Swift 1760; 33. A French Reissue of Gulliver's Travels 1762

34. Oliver Goldsmith on Swift 176435. Ralph Griffiths on Swift's 'cause' 1765; 36. Horacb Walpole and His Circle on Swift 1771, 1780; 37. Lord Monboddo on Gulliver's Travels 1776; 38. James Beattie on Gulliver's Travels, a Tale of a Tub, and the Day of Judgment 1776, 1783; 39. A French Comment on a Modest Proposal 1777; 40. Dr. Johnson on Swift 1779, 1785, 1791; 41. Samuel Bad Cock on Swift's 'true Wit' 1779; 42 James Harris on Gulliver's Travels 1781; 43 Joseph Warton on Swift's Descriptions 1782; 44. Swift's Characteristics as a Writer 1782; 45. Hugh Blair on Swift's Style 1783

46. Thomas Sheridan on Swift 178447. Incidental Comments on Gulliver's Travels 1789; 48. George-monck Berkeley on Swift 1789; 49. Thomas Ogle on Swift and Misanthropy 1790; 50. Swift as Satirist and Poet 1790; 51. William Godwin on Swift's Style 1797; 52. John Nichols on Swift 1801, 1828; 53. Alexander Chalmers on Swift's Style and Character 1803; 54. Swiftiana 1804; 55. John Aikin on Swift's Poetry 1804,1820; 56. Richard Payne Knight on the Plausibility of Gulliver's Travels 1805; 57. Nathan Drake on Swift 1805; 58. John Dunlop on the Background of Gulliver's Travels 1814

59. Sir Walter Scott on Swift 1814

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography and index.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

9786612320101

9781134771783

1134771789

9783906757810

3906757811

9781283641821

1283641828

9781282320109

1282320106

9781134771790

1134771797

9780203196953

0203196953

OCLC:

62722412