Cadenus and Swift's Most Valuable Friend (Paperback)

Sybil Le Brocquy

ISBN 10: 1843510170 / ISBN 13: 9781843510178

Published by The Lilliput Press Ltd, Dublin, 2003

About this Item

Paperback. These books are being reissued as they appeared in the first Dolmen Press editions in one composite volume, with an invaluable, contextual introduction by eighteenth-century Swift scholar Andrew Carpenter. He assesses the reaction of Swifts serious biographers and commentators to the original publications: two remarkable books, driven by sympathetic and intuitive enquiry, which made an important contribution to Swift studies when they appeared in the 1960s and which still remain significant for all those interested in Swifts life and works. Cadenus is primarily concerned with the relationship between Swift and Vanessa (Esther Van Homrigh), Swifts Most Valuable Friend with that between Swift and Stella (Esther Johnson). Both help to determine the precise nature of this triangle, and the impact it had on his writing and career. These books are being reissued as they appeared in the first Dolmen Press editions in one composite volume, with an invaluable, contextual introduction by eighteenth-century Swift scholar Andrew Carpenter. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cadenus and Swift's Most Valuable Friend (Paperback)
• Publisher: The Lilliput Press Ltd, Dublin
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1843510170
• ISBN 13: 9781843510178
• Binding: Paperback
• Illustrator: Brocquy, Sybil Le
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

These books are being reissued as they appeared in the first Dolmen Press editions in one composite volume, with an invaluable, contextual introduction by eighteenth-century Swift scholar Andrew Carpenter. He assesses the reaction of Swift’s serious biographers and commentators to the original publications: ‘… two remarkable books, driven by sympathetic and intuitive enquiry, which made an important contribution to Swift studies when they appeared in the 1960s and which still remain significant for all those interested in Swift’s life and works’. Cadenus is primarily concerned with the relationship between Swift and Vanessa (Esther Van Homrigh), Swift’s Most Valuable Friend with that between Swift and Stella (Esther Johnson). Both help to determine the precise nature of this triangle, and the impact it had on his writing and career.

About the Author

Sybil Le Brocquy (1892-1973), Irish playwright, conservationist, and mother of the painter Louis le Brocquy, was immersed in the arts and an acknowledged expert on the life and work of Jonathan Swift. During her lifetime she wrote four books on Swift.