Swift, Volume 1: Mr. Swift and His Contemporaries

by Irvin Ehrenpreis

There has been no full length biography of Swift based on primary sources since Sir Henry Craik's life in 1882. In this first volume of three the author treats in detail the events of Swift's life, the historical and social setting of those events, the evolution of Swift's character, and the composition and interpretation of his works. New and important material is included concerning Swift's family and career, his emotional life, his relations with...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674858301
• ISBN13: 9780674858305
• Release Date: January 1962
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.7" x 8.8"