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A Political Biography of Jonathan Swift David Oakleaf

A Political Biography of Jonathan Swift By David Oakleaf

A Political Biography of Jonathan Swift by David Oakleaf


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Summary

Most famous as the author of Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was one of the most important propagandists and satirists of his day. This study seeks to contextualize Swift within the political arena of his day.

A Political Biography of Jonathan Swift Summary

A Political Biography of Jonathan Swift by David Oakleaf

Most famous as the author of Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was one of the most important propagandists and satirists of his day. This study seeks to contextualize Swift within the political arena of his day.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction: 'The Church had never such a Writer'; Chapter 1 Swift, War and Ireland: 'An Heap of Conspiracies, Rebellions, Murders, Massacres, Revolutions, Banishments'; Chapter 2 Courting the Favour of the Great:; A Discourse; and; A Tale of a Tub; Chapter 3 'An Entire Friend to the Established Church': Churchman among the Statesmen and Wits; Chapter 4 The Echo of the Coffee House and the Voice of the Kingdom: Propagandist for a Peace; Chapter 5 'Do I become a; Slave; in Six Hours, by Crossing the Channel?': The Dean, the Drapier and Irish Politics; Conclusion: 'Upon this Great Foundation of Misanthropy';

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NLS9781138663404
9781138663404
1138663409
A Political Biography of Jonathan Swift by David Oakleaf
New
Paperback
Taylor & Francis Ltd
2016-01-21
288
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