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Swift: The Man, his Works, and the Age: Volume Two: Dr Swift book cover

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Swift: The Man, his Works, and the Age Volume Two: Dr Swift

By Irvin Ehrenpreis Copyright 1967
802 Pages
by Routledge

802 Pages
by Routledge

802 Pages
by Routledge
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First published in 1967, Dr Swift is the second of three volumes providing a detailed exploration of the events of Swift’s life. This volume begins by assessing Swift’s character, hopes and ambitions in 1699. It then traces his life and career up to 1714 in minute detail, giving close consideration to Swift’s expectations and the extent to which he felt they were fulfilled. In doing so, it... Read more

1: Swift in 1699; 2: Preferments; 3: Varina Dismissed; 4: Verse and Prose; 5: The Politics of Travel; 6: The Contests and Dissensions; 7: Historical Sketches; 8: PPT and MD; 9: Cast Courtiers; 10: Laracor and Dublin; 11: England: November 1703 to May 1704; 12: Ireland For Three and a Half Years, 1704-1707; 13: England: Winter and Spring, 1707-8; 14: Addison and Poetry; 15: Church and State; 16: Morality and Religion; 17: England, 1708-9; 18: More Suspense: July 1709-August 1710; 19: Dr Sw—T; 20: The Peacemakers; 21: The Conduct of the Allies; 22: High Life; 23: Low Life; 24: Suspense; 25: The Life of a Spider; 26: Vanessa and PPT; 27: Bolingbroke’s Rise; 28: Oxford’s Fall; Appendices

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Irvin Ehrenpreis

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