Gulliver's Travels (Barnes & Noble Classics) - Softcover

Swift, Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1593081324 ISBN 13: 9781593081324

Publisher: Barnes & Noble Classics, 2004

Synopsis

&&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LI&&RGulliver's Travels&&L/I&&R, by &&LB&&RJonathan Swift&&L/B&&R, is part of the &&LI&&RBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I&&R&&LI&&R &&L/I&&Rseries, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of &&LI&&RBarnes & Noble Classics&&L/I&&R: &&LDIV&&R

• New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars
• Biographies of the authors
• Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events
• Footnotes and endnotes
• Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work
• Comments by other famous authors
• Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations
• Bibliographies for further reading
• Indices & Glossaries, when appropriate

All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. &&LI&&RBarnes & Noble Classics &&L/I&&Rpulls together a constellation of influences―biographical, historical, and literary―to enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.&&L/DIV&&R&&L/DIV&&R&&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&R &&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&RConsidered the greatest satire ever written in English, &&LB&&RJonathan Swift&&L/B&&R’s &&LI&&RGulliver’s Travels&&L/I&&R chronicles the fantastic voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, principally to four marvelous realms: Lilliput, where the people are six inches tall; Brobdingnag, a land inhabited by giants; Laputa, a wondrous flying island; and a country where the Houyhnhnms, a race of intelligent horses, are served by savage humanoid creatures called Yahoos.&&LBR&&R&&LBR&&RBeneath the surface of this enchanting fantasy lurks a devastating critique of human malevolence, stupidity, greed, vanity, and short-sightedness. A brilliant combination of adventure, humor, and philosophy, &&LI&&RGulliver’s Travels&&L/I&&R is one of literature’s most durable masterpieces.&&LBR&&R&&L/DIV&&R&&LDIV&&R&&LP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&&R&&LSTRONG&&R&&L/B&&R &&L/P&&R&&LP style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"&&R&&LSTRONG&&RMichael Seidel&&L/B&&R&&L/B&&R&&L/B&&R is Jesse and George Siegel Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University. He has written widely on eighteenth-century literature. His books include &&LI&&RSatiric Inheritance: Rabelais to Sterne&&L/I&&R (1979), &&LI&&RExile and the Narrative Imagination&&L/I&&R (1986), and &&LI&&RRobinson Crusoe: Island Myths and the Novel&&L/I&&R (1991). &&L/P&&R&&L/DIV&&R&&L/DIV&&R

About this title

From the Publisher:

This book is perfect for AP classes and is often selected for inclusion on the AP exam. The notes, reading pointers, and vocabulary in this addition will also help students at a lower reading level get the most out of these classics.

From the Inside Flap:

Considered one of English literature's first and greatest satirists, Jonathan Swift possessed a timeless genius for pointing out the foibles of human nature that still has the power to provoke, amuse, and, at times, even outrage
our modern sensibilities. This representative collection of Swift's major writings includes the complete "Gulliver's Travels as well as "A Tale of a Tub, "The Battle of the Books," "A Modest Proposal," "An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity," "The Bickerstaff Papers," and many more of his brilliantly satirical works. Here too are selections from Swift's poetry and portions of his Journal to Stella. Swift's savage ridicule, corrosive wit, and sparkling humor are fully displayed in this comprehensive collection.

About this edition

• Publisher: Barnes & Noble Classics
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 1593081324
• ISBN 13: 9781593081324
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 352