Swift: an Illustrated Life

✍ Scribed by Church of Ireland;Swift, Jonathan;Arnold, Bruce

• Publisher: The Lilliput Press
• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Who was Jonathan Swift? Bruce Arnold's provocative book examines this enigmatic figure in the light of his relationships - with his lover Esther Vanhomrigh ('Vanessa'), his ward Esther Johnston ('Stella'), and his many great male friends: Congreve, Temple, Bolingbroke, Harley, Pope, Addison, Thomas Sheridan, and others. Though often caricatured as a bitter misanthrope, Swift can only be properly understood if we recognize his love of humanity and his capacity for friendship. Arnold traces this theme from Swift's youth in Ireland and his literary and political apprenticeship at Moor Park in Sur.;Cover; Title Page; Table of Contents; Illustrations; Introduction; I : Swift's Upbringing; II : Moor Park; III : Between Ireland and England; IV : Spilled Coffee and First Fruits; V : 'Journal to Stella'; VI : Dean of St Patrick's; VII : Gulliver; Acknowledgments; Further Reading; Notes; A, B, C; Index; D, E, F; G, H, I; J, K, L; M, N, O; P, Q, R; S, T, U; V, W, X; Copyright.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title Page
Table of Contents
Illustrations
Introduction
I : Swift's Upbringing
II : Moor Park
III : Between Ireland and England
IV : Spilled Coffee and First Fruits
V : 'Journal to Stella'
VI : Dean of St Patrick's
VII : Gulliver
Acknowledgments
Further Reading
Notes
A, B, C
Index
D, E, F
G, H, I
J, K, L
M, N, O
P, Q, R
S, T, U
V, W, X
Copyright.

✦ Subjects

Authors, Irish--18th century;LITERARY CRITICISM--European--English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh;Authors, Irish;Clergy;;Biographies;Swift, Jonathan, -- 1667-1745;Church of Ireland -- Clergy -- Biography;Authors, Irish -- 18th century -- Biography;LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh;Church of Ireland