The reception of Jonathan Swift in Europe / edited by Hermann Josef Real.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Real, Hermann Josef.

Series:

Athlone critical traditions series.

Athlone critical traditions series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

European literature--Irish influences.

European literature.

Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745--Appreciation--Europe.

Swift, Jonathan.

Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745--Translations--History and criticism.

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

Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745--Influence.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (411 p.)

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Thoemmes Continuum, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Jonathan Swift has had a profound impact on almost all the national literatures of Continental Europe. The celebrated author of acknowledged masterpieces like A Tale of a Tub (1704), Gulliver's Travels (1726), and A Modest Proposal (1729), the Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin, was courted by innumerable translators, adaptors, and retellers, admired and challenged by shoals of critics, and creatively imitated by both novelists and playwrights, not only in Central Europe (Germany and Switzerland) but also in its northern (Denmark and Sweden) and southern (Italy, Spain, and Portugal) outposts, as wel

Contents:

Contents; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Abbreviations; Timeline: European Reception of Jonathan Swift; Introduction; 1 Swift's First Voyages to Europe: His Impact on Eighteenth-Century France; 2 The Italian Reception of Swift; 3 Swift's Horses in the Land of the Caballeros; 4 A Lusitanian Dish: Swift to Portuguese Taste; 5 The Dean's Voyages into Germany; 6 Swiftian Presence in Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway, Sweden; 7 No Swift beyond Gulliver: Notes on the Polish Reception

8 From Russian 'Sviftovedenie' to the Soviet School of Swift Criticism: The Dean's Fate in Russia9 Detecting Swift in the Czech Lands; 10 The Dean in Hungary; 11 Swift's Impact in Bulgaria; 12 From the Infantile to the Subversive: Swift's Romanian Adventures; 13 Swiftian Material Culture; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [284]-364) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-29894-8

9786611298944

1-84714-312-1

OCLC:

290596119