Swift: The Mystery Of His Life & Love - 1891 - 1st Ed. Literature History Book

Description: Swift: The Mystery Of His Life & Love - 1891 - 1st Ed. Literature History Book Swift: The Mystery Of His Life & Love - 1891 - 1st Ed. Literature History BookSwift: The Mystery Of His Life & LoveBy James HayPublished by Chapman & Hall Limited: London First Edition"Jonathan Swift (1667 – 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift". Swift is remembered for works such as A Tale of a Tub (1704), An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity (1712), Gulliver's Travels (1726), and A Modest Proposal (1729). He is regarded by the Encyclopædia Britannica as the foremost prose satirist in the English language, and is less well known for his poetry. He originally published all of his works under pseudonyms—such as Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, M. B. Drapier—or anonymously. He was a master of two styles of satire, the Horatian and Juvenalian styles."Lacking top section of leather spine as shown. General wear, rubbing and scuffing to cover. Binding is tight with no loose pages. Contemporary ex library plate to front end paper and 2 blind library stamps as shown. Please study photos to understand condition. Happy to provide more photos on request.Size 18.5cm x 13.5cm x 2.5cm Swift: The Mystery Of His Life & Love - 1891 - 1st Ed. Literature History Book Swift: The Mystery Of His Life & LoveBy James HayPublished by Chapman & Hall Limited: London First Edition "Jonathan Swift (1667 – 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift". Swift is remembered for works such as A Tale of a Tub (1704), An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity (1712), Gulliver's Travels (1726), and A Modest Proposal (1729). He is regarded by the Encyclopædia Britannica as the foremost prose satirist in the English language, and is less well known for his poetry. He originally published all of his works under pseudonyms—such as Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, M. B. Drapier—or anonymously. He was a master of two styles of satire, the Horatian and Juvenalian styles." Lacking top section of leather spine as shown. General wear, rubbing and scuffing to cover. Binding is tight with no loose pages. Contemporary ex library plate to front end paper and 2 blind library stamps as shown. Please study photos to understand condition. Happy to provide more photos on request. Size 18.5cm x 13.5cm x 2.5cmeBay integration by

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