Jonathan Swift: A Critical Introduction

by Denis Donoghue

Book Overview

In this concise critical survey, Professor Donoghue looks at Swift's whole output, and expresses a fresh sense of his literary character. In particular, he questions the widespread view that Swift is to be understood in terms of irony, persona or mask. He points out, for instance, that Swift's irony is not continuous, and that his sense of form is not ours. We should not see him as producing elaborate artistic structures, but as meeting particular...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521141354
• ISBN13: 9780521141352
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"