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The study of Jonathan Swift's works has most often focused on print publication, with less scholarly attention devoted to manuscript circulation. Based on extensive research into the manuscript versions of Swift's poetry, Stephen Karian's analysis suggests new ways of interpreting the different choices Swift made to circulate his texts in either print or manuscript form. He explains Swift's relationships with his publishers in England and Ireland; the ways in which his writings circulated in hand-written form; and the effect that political censorship had on the manner in which his most outspoken political poems were published. Working at the intersection of book history, bibliography, and textual and literary criticism, this book will open up new areas of study for Swift scholars, as well as developing an important methodology for the study of the distribution and reception of literary texts in the eighteenth century.Product Identifiers
PublisherCambridge University Press
ISBN-139780521198042
eBay Product ID (ePID)92773040
Product Key Features
Book TitleJonathan Swift in Print and Manuscript
AuthorStephen Karian
FormatHardcover
LanguageEnglish
TopicLiterature
Publication Year2010
Dimensions
Item Height229mm
Item Width152mm
Additional Product Features
Title_AuthorStephen Karian
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom