The Cambridge Companion to Jonathan Swift (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

In addition to ensuring broad coverage of Jonathan Swift's writing by including early, as well as more well-known later works, this Companion offers access to current critical and theoretical issues concerning the author. Special emphasis is placed on Swift's problematic relationship with the land of his birth, Ireland, and on his place as a political writer in a highly politicized age. The Cambridge Companion to Jonathan Swift is a specially commissioned collection of essays. Arranged thematically across a range of topics, this 2003 volume will deepen and extend the enjoyment and understanding of Jonathan Swift for students and scholars. The thirteen essays explore crucial dimensions of Swift's life and works. As well as ensuring a broad coverage of Swift's writing - including early and later works as well as the better known and the lesser known - the Companion also offers a way into current critical and theoretical issues surrounding the author. Special emphasis is placed on Swift's vexed relationship with the land of his birth, Ireland; and on his place as a political writer in a highly politicised age. The Companion offers a lucid introduction to these and other issues, and raises questions about Swift and his world. The volume features a detailed chronology and a guide to further reading. Explores crucial dimensions of Swift's life and works. In addition to ensuring a broad coverage of Swift's writing-including early and later works as well as the better known-this book also offers a way into current critical and theorectical issues surrounding the author. Special emphasis is placed on Swift's vexed relationship with the land of his birth, Ireland; and on his place as a political writer in a highly politicized age This Companion explores crucial dimensions of Swift's life and works. As well as ensuring a broad coverage of Swift's writing, it offers a way into current critical and theoretical issues surrounding the author. The volume features a detailed chronology and a guide to further reading

This Companion explores crucial dimensions of Swift's life and works.