Swift, Jonathan 1667-1745

Gulliver's travels by Jonathan Swift ( Book )
4,308 editions published between 1060 and 2011 in 75 languages and held by 8,384 libraries worldwide
The voyages of an Englishman carry him to such strange places as Lilliput, a land of people six inches high, Brobdingnag, a land of giants, and Glubbdubdrib, an island of sorcerers.

A modest proposal by Jonathan Swift ( Book )
54 editions published between 1730 and 2009 in English and Spanish and held by 1,816 libraries worldwide
In addition to Swift's satire on the ruling class and landowners, includes pamphlets critical of British rule in Ireland, essays on war and economics, a journal detailing his political activities in London, letters, newspaper pieces, and other prose works.

A tale of a tub, to which is added The battle of the books, and the Mechanical operation of the spirit. Together with The history of Martin, Wotton's Observations upon the Tale of a tub, Curll's Complete key, etc. The whole edited with an introd. and notes historical and explanatory by Jonathan Swift ( Book )
171 editions published between 1705 and 2010 in 6 languages and held by 1,598 libraries worldwide
"a vehemence and rapidity of mind, a copiousness of images, and a vivacity of diction"--Samuel Johnson. Thus Dr. Johnson characterized A Tale of a Tub, in many respects Swift's most brilliant achievement. His satire on religion and government allegorizes the Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Dissenting faiths in the shape of three disobedient and quarrelsome brothers. Digressions on critics, on the prevailing dispute as to ancient and modern learning, and on madness interrupt the tale, the masterpiece of Swift's earlier years. This edition is supplemented by a useful selection of passages from works by Fontanelle, Sir William Temple, Wotton, Richard Bentley, and others. These help to place Swift's allusive satires in the religious, intellectual, and political controversy of the day.

A tale of a tub, The battle of the books, and other satires by Jonathan Swift ( Book )
497 editions published between 1704 and 2009 in 7 languages and held by 1,462 libraries worldwide

Journal to Stella by Jonathan Swift ( Book )
72 editions published between 1800 and 2008 in 3 languages and held by 1,284 libraries worldwide

The portable Swift by Jonathan Swift ( Book )
21 editions published between 1948 and 1980 in English and held by 1,276 libraries worldwide

Jonathan Swift by Jonathan Swift ( Book )
39 editions published between 1901 and 2010 in 4 languages and held by 1,206 libraries worldwide
This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique selection from the full range of Swift's fifty-year career - prose, poetry, and letters - to give the essence of his work and thinking. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) is best known as the author of Gulliver's Travels, which alone would have secured his place in the history of English literature. But in addition to this classic of fictional satire, Swift wrote numerous works concerning politics, religion, and Ireland, some savage (such as A Modest Proposal), others humorous, and all suffused with his tremendous wit, inventiveness, and vigour. This anthology includes satirical works such as A Tale of a Tub and The Battle of the Books, political pamphlets, pieces for the popular press, poems, and a generous selection from Swift's correspondence. Presented chronologically, the anthology offers a new and clearer awareness of the unity as well as the complexity of Swift's vision, and the powerful bonds between disparate pieces.-Back cover.

Satires and personal writings by Jonathan Swift ( Book )
29 editions published between 1932 and 1973 in English and held by 1,192 libraries worldwide

The battle of the books and other short pieces by Jonathan Swift ( Book )
75 editions published between 1704 and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 1,146 libraries worldwide
Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets with in the world, and that so very few are offended with it. But, if it should happen otherwise, the danger is not great; and I have learned from long experience never to apprehend mischief from those understandings I have been able to provoke: for anger and fury, though they add strength to the sinews of the body, yet are found to relax those of the mind, and to render all its efforts feeble and impotent.

Gullivers' travels, and other writings by Jonathan Swift ( Book )
22 editions published between 1958 and 2005 in English and held by 1,116 libraries worldwide