Jonathan Swift :
our dean /
Eugene Hammond.
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| Summary: | "Jonathan Swift: Our Dean (along with its companion, Jonathan Swift: Irish Blow-in) aspires to be the most accurate and engaging critical biography of Jonathan Swift ever. It builds on the thorough research of Irvin Ehrenpreis's highly regarded 1962-1983 three-volume biography, but re-interprets Swift's life and works by re-assessing his 1714-1720 [period] repudiating the pretender while remaining friends with many who did not, by acknowledging that he likely had a physical affair with Esther Vanhomrigh between 1719 and 1723, by questioning whether in any sense he was a misanthrope, by noting his real care for Esther Johnson in her final illness, and by emphasizing the mutual love between Swift and his caretakers during his final difficult years."-- |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published / Created: |
Newark :
University of Delaware Press,
2016.
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| Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index. Physical description: 819 pages ; 24 cm. more |
| Contained in: |
Jonathan Swift |
| ISBN: | 9781611496093 1611496098 |