Swift (Cambridge Library Collection - English Men of Letters) - Softcover

Stephen, Leslie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108034497 ISBN 13: 9781108034494

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2011

Synopsis

Sir Leslie Stephen (1832–1904) came from a distinguished family of politicians, jurists and writers, and was the father of Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf. His literary career began with writing about his great passion, the Alps, and he became a noted author and critic, and the first editor of the Dictionary of National Biography. He was a friend of John Morley (1838–1923), the general editor of English Men of Letters, who commissioned him to write three biographies for the first series, on Swift, Pope and Johnson. Stephen is very interested in the family connections and history of Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), the great satirist and moralist, and he blends direct sources with general conclusions in an informal style which makes the work (first published in 1882) of continuing interest today. Stephen's Sketches from Cambridge, published anonymously in 1865, is also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection.

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Book Description

Part history, part literary critique, Sir Leslie Stephen's 1882 biography examines the significant people and places of Swift's life together with his works. Attending to the forces that shaped one of Ireland's greatest authors, Stephen investigates his subject's family and connections as he blends facts with general reflections.

Edition details

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1108034497
• ISBN 13: 9781108034494
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 228