Jonathan Swift: Poems Selected by Derek Mahon (Poet to Poet)

Swift, Jonathan; Mahon, Derek (editor)

ISBN 10: 0571207154 / ISBN 13: 9780571207152

Published by Faber & Faber, London, 2001

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Fine softcover book. First softcover edition, first printing. Printing line on copyright page reads: "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Jonathan Swift: Poems Selected by Derek Mahon (Poet to Poet)
• Publisher: Faber & Faber, London
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571207154
• ISBN 13: 9780571207152
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Soft Cover Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket (as issued)
• Weight: 10 ounces

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Synopsis

Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 - 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for theWhigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. He is remembered for works such as Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Journal to Stella, Drapier's Letters, The Battle of the Books, An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity, and A Tale of a Tub. Swift is probably the foremost prose satirist in theEnglish language, and is less well known for his poetry. Swift originally published all of his works under pseudonyms - such asLemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, M.B. Drapier - or anonymously. He is also known for being a master of two styles of satire: theHoratian and Juvenalian styles. -wikipedia

About the Author

Derek Mahon was born in Belfast in 1941, studied at Trinity College, Dublin, and has held journalistic and academic appointments in London and New York. He has received numerous awards including a Lannan Award and the Scot Moncrieff Translation Prize. His Collected Poems was published in 1999.