Jonathan Swift in the Company of Women

by Louise Barnett

Jonathan Swift was the subject of gossip and criticism in his own time concerning his relations with women and his representations of them in his writings. For over twenty years he regarded Esther Johnson, "Stella," as "his most valuable friend," yet he is reputed never to have seen her alone. From his time to our own there has been speculation that the two were secretly married--since their relationship seemed so inexplicable then and now. For thirteen...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195188667
• ISBN13: 9780195188660
• Release Date: December 2006
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.4"