Bibliograph

Jonathan Swift, the reluctant rebel, John Stubbs

Type

Label

Jonathan Swift, the reluctant rebel, John Stubbs

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Jonathan Swift

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

951070819

Responsibility statement

John Stubbs

Sub title

the reluctant rebel

Summary

A detailed portrait of the man behind "Gulliver's Travels" traces his early loss of a parent, the contradictions that marked his character, and his achievements as a political writer and dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin

Table Of Contents

Ireland and the civil wars -- Upbringing -- Abuses of learning and religion -- The temples and the tub -- Recovering Esther -- Drifting with Whigs, 1702-1709 -- Recruited by Tories, 1710-1714 -- The phantom academy -- Small dominions -- Bursting bubbles -- Dean Gulliver -- Indecency and indignation -- The last of the gold -- Sanctuary

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