Library and Reading of Jonathan Swift
«The exhaustive many-sidedness of the listings makes this a work of surpassing thoroughness, setting a new standard for similar works on other authors, and providing not only raw data, but something of a 'deep' infrastructure. [...] these volumes are an indispensable contribution. (Claude Rawson, The Times Literary Supplement)»
The library of Jonathan Swift was sold by auction after his death in 1745. Fortunately, there is the auction catalogue, printed in 1746, so we know most of the books Swift owned at the time of his death. Les mer
In order to provide a contemporary assessment of an author's status in Swift's day, the reader always finds a transcription of the relevant entry from the English translation (in two bulky volumes) of Moreri's The Great Historical, Geographical and Poetical Dictionary (1694), a work also on Swift's shelves. Swift's own copies have been consulted whenever their exact locations are known in European and North American libraries. Moreover, most marginalia and inscriptions have been scrupulously consulted and checked against existing printed versions. They are also fully transcribed. Where Swift is known to have quoted from, referred to or alluded to an author, all identified passages in Swift's writings are presented and discussed. Swift may have consulted many works in the libraries of his friend Thomas Sheridan or of Sir William Temple. Therefore, volume IV contains a transcript of the sale catalogue of Sheridan's library (1739) and a tentative list of Temple's library, reconstructed from references in Temple's works and secondary sources.
In volume IV, the reader will find an index of references to Swift's works that enables him to consult this handbook when using the current standard editions of the Dean's poems, prose and correspondence, as well as further indexes of subjects, printers and authors.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Peter Lang GmbH
- Innbinding
- Luksusbind
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9783631419267
- Utgivelsesår
- 2003
- Format
- 24 x 17 cm
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«The exhaustive many-sidedness of the listings makes this a work of surpassing thoroughness, setting a new standard for similar works on other authors, and providing not only raw data, but something of a 'deep' infrastructure. [...] these volumes are an indispensable contribution. (Claude Rawson, The Times Literary Supplement)»