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Dean Swift and his writings

by Moriarty, Gerald P.

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Published by Seeley in London .
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    Subjects:
  • Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745

  • Edition Notes

    No. 2 of 150 copies.

    Statementby Gerald P. Moriarty.
    Classifications
    LC ClassificationsPR3726 .M6
    The Physical Object
    Pagination v, 341p.
    Number of Pages341
    ID Numbers
    Open LibraryOL6553044M
    LC Control Number12039963
    OCLC/WorldCa2428190

    Jonathan Swift (30 November – 19 October ) was an Anglo-Irish [1] satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. [2] He is remembered for works such as Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Journal to Stella, Drapier's Letters, The Battle of the Books, An Argument . Jonathan Swift is buried inside St Patrick's Cathedral, Patrick St, Dublin, Ireland. Grave of Jonathon Swift and Esther Johnson. He is buried close to Esther Johnson (known as Stella in his writings) who died twelve years before him. Swift first met Stella when he tutored her as part of his duties as private secretary to Sir William Temple.

      Editorial Reviews. Jonathan Swift lived from to , dying just short of his seventy-eighth birthday. By then words had deserted the Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral, : Norton, W. W. & Company, Inc. Swift, Deane. & Delany, Patrick. , An essay upon the life, writings, and character of Dr. Jonathan Swift () by Deane Swift. A letter to Dean Swift on his Essay () by Patrick Delany Garland Pub New York. Wikipedia Citation.

    This edition presents Jonathan Swift's most important Irish writings in both prose and verse, together with an introduction, head notes and annotations that shed new light on the full context and significance of each piece. Familiar works such as "Gulliver's Travels" and "A Tale of a Tub" acquire new and deeper meanings when considered within the Irish frameworks presented in . Jonathan Swift was an essayist, cleric, writer of political pamphlets for major political parties, author, poet and one of the most influential satirists of all time. Swift was born in an influential family and after acquiring his B. A. from Trinity College at Dublin University, he worked as the secretary of an English diplomat.


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Patrick’s, was born at 7 Hoey’s-court, Dublin, 30th November [His father, an Englishman, was steward of the King’s Inns, and died some months before Jonathan’s birth, leaving his wife and children dependent mainly on the bounty of his brother Godwin, who, with other members of the family, had settled in Ireland.].

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Moriarty - $ + $ Shipping. BRITISH LIT. REMARKS ON THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF DR. JONATHAN SWIFT 1ST ED. $Seller Rating: % positive. Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for Whigs then for Tories), and poet, famous for works like Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Journal to Stella, The Drapier's Letters, The Battle of the Books, and A Tale of a is probably the foremost prose satirist in the English language, and is less well known for his poetry/5.

Biographer John Stubbs tackles Swift’s life in this lengthy tome, JONATHAN SWIFT: THE RELUCTANT REBEL. Stubbs is an Oxford-educated writer who previously penned a biography on John Donne. The subject of his latest work was born in /5.

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Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, produced many sermons during his tenure from to Although Swift is better known today for his secular writings such as Gulliver's Travels, A Tale of a Tub, or the Drapier's Letters, Swift was known in Dublin for his sermons that were delivered every fifth these sermons, Swift wrote d of.

Jonathan Swift: Our Dean details the political climax of his remarkable career—his writing and publication of The Drapier’s Letters (), Gulliver’s Travels (), and A Modest Proposal ()—stressing the relentless political opposition he faced and the numerous ways, including through his sermons, that he worked from his political base as Dean of St.

Patrick’s Cathedral. To have so substantial a selection of his writings on Ireland and Irish affairs, in prose and verse, intelligently assembled, concisely introduced, and helpfully annotated by two distinguished Swift scholars will prove a considerable boon to students and teachers of Irish writing, postcolonial studies, and English literature alike.".

Although Swift maintained a loyal circle of friends in London and Dublin (John Arbuthnot, John Gay, Alexander Pope; Mary Barber, Mary and Patrick Delany, George Faulkner, Constantia Grierson, Laetitia and Matthew Pilkington, Thomas Sheridan, Elizabeth Sican), the Dean was seldom on amiable terms with the universe, not everyone rushed to clasp his hand.

Looking for books by Jonathan Swift. See all books authored by Jonathan Swift, including Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships, and A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works, and more on Though remembered today mainly as the author of Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift was known to his contemporaries for much more than this biography, David Nokes details the span of Swifts eventful life, from his childhood in Dublin to his time as a propagandist and disappointed placeseeker in England, through to his later years as an author and Dean of St.

Patricks 4/5. Remarks on the Life and Writings of Dr. Jonathan Swift: Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin, in a Series of Letters from John, Earl of Orrery, to His Son, the Honourable Hamilton Boyle. John Boyle Earl of Orrery.

Millar, - Authors, Irish - pages. 0 Reviews. Preview this book. In Deane Swift, grandson of Swift’s uncle Godwin, and son-in-law to Swift’s cousin and faithful guardian, Mrs. Whiteway, published an Essay upon the Life, Writings, and Character of Dr. Jonathan Swift, in which he attacks both his predecessors.

Deane Swift, born abouthad seen little or nothing of his cousin till the year. Dean Jonathan Swift's epitaph refers to his "savage indignation," but you might not have suspected that from his satirical writings.(While We're At It)(Coincidentally)(Book review) Content courtesy of.

From: First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and PublicLife.This book, "Dean Swift and his writings", by Gerald Patrick Moriarty, is a replication of a book originally published before It has been restored by human beings, page by page, so that you may enjoy it in a form as close to the original as possible.

This book was created using print-on-demand technology. Thank you for supporting classic literature.Jonathan Swift was a man who definitely enjoyed his food, and food is often mentioned in his writings. He gives his advice on cooking and eating fish when he says: “They say that every fish.