Jonathan Swift : Irish blow-in /

"Jonathan Swift: Irish Blow-in (along with its companion, Jonathan Swift: Our Dean) aspires to be the most accurate and engaging critical biography of Jonathan Swift ever published. It builds on the thorough research of Irvin Ehrenpreis's highly regarded 1962-1983 three-volume biography, b...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hammond, Eugene, 1947- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Newark : University Of Delaware Press, [2016]
Temas:
Swift, Jonathan, > 1667-1745.
Swift, Jonathan, > 1667-1745
1700-1799
Authors, Irish > 18th century > Biography.
Écrivains irlandais > 18e siècle > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Literary.
LITERARY CRITICISM > European > English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Authors, Irish
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"Jonathan Swift: Irish Blow-in (along with its companion, Jonathan Swift: Our Dean) aspires to be the most accurate and engaging critical biography of Jonathan Swift ever published. It builds on the thorough research of Irvin Ehrenpreis's highly regarded 1962-1983 three-volume biography, but reinterprets Swift's life and works by reassessing his childhood, stressing his exuberance, honestly portraying his intense affection for Esther Johnson (he called her "saucebox" and not "Stella" when she was in her twenties), and not projecting Swift's later-in-life angry behavior back onto his first forty-seven years"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781644530412
1644530414
9781611496079
1611496071

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