Jonathan Swift
In this collection, you can find a wealth of material by or relating to Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745). Listen to the talks by Dr Abigail Williams, read the ebooks and essays to learn more about Swift and his work.
Read the essays:
Jonathan Swift and 'A Tale of a Tub' and Jonathan Swift and 'Gulliver's Travels', distilled from a lecture series on Jonathan Swift given by Dr. Abigail Williams of the University of Oxford and adapted for the Great Writers Inspire project by Kate O'Connor. You may also want to explore the essays about The World of Writing in the 18th Century and High and Low Culture and the resources associated with them.
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| # | Resource Title | Description | Contributor |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Intelligencer | ebook version of The Intelligencer | |
| 2 | Tale of a Tub | ebook version of Tale of a Tub | |
| 3 | Politics vs. Literature: An Examination of Gulliver’s Travels | Essay | |
| 4 | The Journal to Stella | With preface, introduction and notes by George A. Aitken. | |
| 5 | Front Cover for Issue 16 of Gulliver's Travels | Cover scan of Classic Comics no. 16: Gulliver's Travels (December 1943; Lilian Chesney cover and… | |
| 6 | Jonathan Swift and 'Gulliver's Travels' | … |
Abigail Williams, Kate O'Connor |
| 7 | Jonathan Swift and 'A Tale of a Tub' | This essay is the first of two distilled from a lecture series on Jonathan Swift given by Dr.… | Abigail Williams, Kate O'Connor |
| 8 | Jonathan Swift | ||
| 9 | Tale of a Tub - title page | Title page of the en:1704 en:Tale of a Tub The page was set and produced by en:John Nutt, en:1704,… | |
| 10 | Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World |