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Jonathan Swift
In this collection, you can find a wealth of material by or relating to Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745). Listen to the talks by Dr Abigail Williams, read the ebooks and essays to learn more about Swift and his work.
Jonathan Swift and 'A Tale of a Tub' and Jonathan Swift and 'Gulliver's Travels', distilled from a lecture series on Jonathan Swift given by Dr. Abigail Williams of the University of Oxford and adapted for the Great Writers Inspire project by Kate O'Connor.
You may also want to explore the essays about The World of Writing in the 18th Century and High and Low Culture and the resources associated with them.
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| 1 | Jonathan Swift and the Art of Undressing |
Dr Abigail Williams gives a talk on Jonathan Swift and the Art of Undressing |
Abigail Williams |
| 2 | Swirls and secrets: the mysteries of Jonathan Swift's love letters |
In Swift's letters to his adored Stella, we see an elaborate combination of language and... |
Abigail Williams |
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| 1 | The Lady’s Dressing Room (reading) |
The Lady’s Dressing Room by Jonathan Swift.
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| 2 | Jonathan Swift and the Art of Undressing |
Dr Abigail Williams gives a talk on Jonathan Swift and the Art of Undressing |
Abigail Williams |
| 3 | Swirls and secrets: the mysteries of Jonathan Swift's love letters |
In Swift's letters to his adored Stella, we see an elaborate combination of language and... |
Abigail Williams |
| # | Essay Title | Description | Contributor |
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| 1 | Jonathan Swift and 'Gulliver's Travels' |
This essay is the second of two distilled from a lecture series on Jonathan Swift given by... |
Abigail Williams, Kate O'Connor |
| 2 | Jonathan Swift and 'A Tale of a Tub' |
This essay is the first of two distilled from a lecture series on Jonathan Swift given by Dr... |
Abigail Williams, Kate O'Connor |
| # | Title | Description | Author |
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| 1 | The Intelligencer |
ebook version of The Intelligencer |
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 |
| 2 | Tale of a Tub |
ebook version of Tale of a Tub |
Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 |
| 3 | Politics vs. Literature: An Examination of Gulliver’s Travels |
Essay |
George Orwell |
| 4 | The Journal to Stella |
With preface, introduction and notes by George A. Aitken. |
Jonathan Swift |
| 5 | Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World | Jonathan Swift | |
| 6 | Miscellanies in prose and verse |
2d ed., 1713, London : Printed for John Morphew |
Jonathan Swift |
| 7 | A Modest Proposal ... |
A Modest Proposal for preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on... |
Jonathan Swift |
| 8 | A collection of articles about Swift, and reviews of books by and about him, taken mainly from 19th century periodicals |
(starts on page 297) |
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| 9 | A letter from a member of the House of Commons in Ireland to a member of the House of Commons in England, concerning the sacramental test |
Dated on final page "Dublin, December the 4th. 1708.".
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Jonathan Swift |
| 10 | A letter to a young gentleman, lately enter'd into holy orders. By a person of quality. It is certainly known, that the following treatise was writ in Ireland by ... Dr. Swift, |
Full title: A letter to a young gentleman, lately enter'd into holy orders. By a person of... |
Jonathan Swift |
| 11 | A serious and useful scheme, to make an hospital for incurables, of universal benefit to all His Majesty's subjects. .. |
A serious and useful scheme, to make an hospital for incurables, of universal benefit to all His... |
Jonathan Swift |
| 12 | The conduct of the allies, and of the late ministry, in beginning and carrying on the present war |
The fifth edition, corrected.
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Jonathan Swift |
| 13 | Miscellanies. By J. Swift. To which is prefix'd, A complete key to the Tale of a tub. |
Originally published as: A meditation upon a broom-stick, and somewhat beside. |
Jonathan Swift |
| 14 | The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces | Jonathan Swift | |
| 15 | Hearing Eighteenth-Century Occasional Poetry by and about Women: Swift and Barbauld |
An article by Elizabeth Kraft (The University of Georgia) in... |
Elizabeth Kraft |
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| 1 | Front Cover for Issue 16 of Gulliver's Travels |
Cover scan of Classic Comics no. 16: Gulliver's Travels (December 1943; Lilian Chesney cover and... |
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| 2 | Jonathan Swift | ||
| 3 | Tale of a Tub - title page |
Title page of the en:1704 en:Tale of a Tub The page was set and produced by en:John Nutt, en:... |
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| 4 | A Map of Lilliput |
Map of Lilliput, for the 1726 edition of Jonathan Swift's Lemuel Gulliver's travels into... |