{"product_id":"2026100011075-secondhand-the-writings-of-jonathan-swift-authoritative-texts-backgrounds-criticism","title":"The Writings Of Jonathan Swift: Authoritative Texts, Backgrounds, Criticism","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew literary figures have wielded satire as a scalpel quite like Jonathan Swift, and this Norton Critical Edition gathers the full breadth of his genius into one authoritative volume. The Writings of Jonathan Swift presents his most celebrated works — from the savage irony of A Modest Proposal to the visionary wit of Gulliver's Travels — alongside essential background materials and a rich selection of critical essays that illuminate the social, political, and theological controversies Swift ignited in 18th-century Britain and Ireland. Edited by Robert A. Greenberg of Queens College and William Bowman Piper of Rice University, the collection offers both the authoritative texts and the scholarly apparatus necessary for a serious engagement with Swift's legacy.\n\nThis edition belongs to the distinguished Norton Critical Edition series, long regarded as an indispensable resource for students and scholars of literature, and it upholds that tradition with meticulous editorial care. Swift's prose is by turns merciless and comedic, his targets ranging from political hypocrisy to human vanity, and the accompanying criticism — drawn from both historical contemporaries and modern scholars — situates his work within the grand sweep of English literary history. For anyone seeking to understand one of the most formidable and troubling intellects of the Augustan Age, this volume raises a question that Swift himself might have savored: can we afford not to take him seriously?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50572732629211,"sku":"2026100011075-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/6c54f37b-4e69-412b-95fc-a4531c94c3a6.png?v=1791167401","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100011075-secondhand-the-writings-of-jonathan-swift-authoritative-texts-backgrounds-criticism","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}