by Craig Hawkins Ulman
Harvard University Press, 1973
Paper: 978-0-674-78976-0
Library of Congress Classification PR3728.S2U4
Dewey Decimal Classification 828.509

ABOUT THIS BOOK
ABOUT THIS BOOK
Since the first secret publication, in 1740, of part of his correspondence with Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift's letters have become a standard source for his biographers and critics. Craig Ulman argues that the letters are not entirely reliable for biographical fact and have often been taken too literally. In this readable essay, Ulman surveys the satiric material in Swift's correspondence, highlighting his wit. The author views Swift's epistolary writing as very much a literary endeavor. He examines the pose and the persona and discusses the satiric methods the letters share with Swift's other published works.

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