Jonathan Swift: Our Dean

by Eugene Hammond

Book Overview

Jonathan Swift: Our Dean details the political climax of his remarkable career-his writing and publication of The Drapier's Letters (1724), Gulliver's Travels (1726), and A Modest Proposal (1729)-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, psychologically as well as physically just...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1644530376
• ISBN13: 9781644530375
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: University of Delaware Press
• Length: 840 Pages
• Weight: 2.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"