Jonathan Swift: The Reluctant Rebel

by John Stubbs

Book Overview

One of Europe's most important literary figures, Jonathan Swift was also an inspired humorist, a beloved companion, and a conscientious Anglican minister--as well as a hoaxer and a teller of tales. His anger against abuses of power would produce the most famous satires of the English language: Gulliver's Travels as well as the Drapier Papers and the unparalleled Modest Proposal, in which he imagined the poor of Ireland farming their infants for...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 039323942X
• ISBN13: 9780393239423
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 752 Pages
• Weight: 2.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.3" x 9.4"