Swift in Print: Published Texts in Dublin and London, 1691-1765

by Valerie Rumbold

Overview

Presenting a fresh perspective on one of the most celebrated print canons in literary history, Valerie Rumbold explores the expressive force of print context, format, typography, ornament and paratext encountered by early readers of Jonathan Swift. By focusing on the books, pamphlets and single sheets in which the Dublin and London book trades published his work, this revealing whole-career analysis, based on a chronology of publication that often lagged years behind dates of composition, examines first editions and significant reprints throughout Swift's lifetime, and posthumous first editions and collections in the twenty years after his death. Drawing on this material evidence, Rumbold reframes Swift's publishing career as a late expression of an early modern formation in which publishing was primarily an adjunct to public service. In an age of digital reading, this timely study invites a new engagement with the printed texts of Swift.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781108875943
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	06/04/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	19 MB
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About the Author

Valerie Rumbold is Professor of English Literature at the University of Birmingham. She is author of Women's Place in Pope's World (1989) and has edited Pope's Dunciads (1999, 2007) and Swift's Parodies, Hoaxes, Mock Treatises (2013). She is a General Editor of the Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jonathan Swift and of the Oxford Edition of the Writings of Alexander Pope.

Table of Contents

Part I. Beginnings: 1. First Impressions: Dublin and London to 1699; Part II. London: 2. The Shock of the Normal: From Temple to the Tale (1693–1705); 3. Material Voices: the Bickerstaff Effect (1705–1710); 4. Politics and Permanence: Miscellanies, Politics and a Proposal Declined (1710–1714); Part III. Dublin: 5. The Irish Patriot in Print (1720–1725); 6. Delegating in London, Recouping in Dublin: Travels, Miscellanies, the Intelligencer and A Modest Proposal (1726–1729); 7. The Works of J. S, D. D, D. S. P. D. (1731–1735); Part IV. Into the Future: 8. Ending and Going on (1736–1765).