Parodies, Hoaxes, Mock Treatises

Polite Conversation, Directions to Servants and Other Works

Jonathan Swift author Valerie Rumbold editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:18th Jul '13

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New fully annotated edition of Bickerstaff papers, 'Polite Conversation', 'Directions to Servants' and other works by Jonathan Swift.

This volume of The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jonathan Swift, containing a fully annotated edition of Bickerstaff papers, 'Polite Conversation', 'Directions to Servants' and other works, will be the standard reference edition for undergraduate and postgraduate students.Swift's parodies are among his most fascinating works, but perhaps require most explication for the modern reader. Valerie Rumbold brings a new depth and detail to the editing of Swift's Bickerstaff papers, 'Polite Conversation', 'Directions to Servants' and other works on language and conduct. Highlights include a fresh investigation of the political and print contexts of the Bickerstaff papers, full commentaries on such smaller works as 'A Modest Defence of Punning' and 'On Barbarous Denominations in Ireland', identification and explanation of many additional sayings in 'Polite Conversation', and a detailed contextualisation of 'Directions to Servants' in contemporary domestic theory and practice. A substantial thematic Introduction is supplemented by an individual headnote and full annotation to each work. The Textual Introduction explores the publishing strategies adopted by Swift and his booksellers, and a separate Textual Account of each work presents and discusses changes in the texts over time.

'A mighty contribution to Swift studies.' Times Literary Supplement
'Valerie Rumbold as editor has done an assiduous and thorough job, well up to the high standards set by this series so far … this volume is, in its editorial construction and execution, a wonderful resource for scholars which will remain the standard edition for the foreseeable future.' Robert J. Mayhew, Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies

ISBN: 9780521843263

Dimensions: 237mm x 157mm x 50mm

Weight: 1420g

911 pages