Swift's Satires on Modernism: Battlegrounds of Reading and Writing

by G. Douglas Atkins

Book Overview

More than three centuries later, Jonathan Swift's writing remains striking and relevant. In this engaging study, Atkins brings forty-plus years of critical experience to bear on some of the greatest satires ever written, revealing new contexts for understanding post-Reformation reading practices and the development of the modern personal essay.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137311622
• ISBN13: 9781137311627
• Release Date: December 2012
• Publisher: Palgrave Pivot
• Length: 103 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.6" x 8.6"