Description based upon print version of record Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web Cover; Jonathan Swift and the Eighteenth-Century Book; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Notes on contributors; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Swift's pre-eminence as author; Swift and the book trade: overview engagement and disengagement; 1691-1711 Dublin and London; 1711-1714 London; 1714-1725 Dublin; 1725-1735 Dublin and London; 1735-1744 Dublin; The ethics of authorship; The structure of this collection; Notes; PART I Swift's books and their environment; Chapter one Swift as a manuscript poet; Notes; Chapter two Leaving the printer to his liberty; Notes Chapter three What Swift did in librariesSqueezing, sinking, forgetting; Collecting, judging, gifting; Reading, shelving; Notes; Part II Some species of Swiftian book; Chapter four The uses of the miscellany: Swift, Curll and piracy; Swift and the eighteenth-century miscellany; Swift as miscellany writer; Curll and Swift; Notes; Chapter five Swift's Tale of a Tub and the mock book; Notes; Chapter six Epistolary forms: published correspondence, letter-journals and books; Swift and letters as works; Swift and works as letters; The Swift-Pope letters and gentlemanly friendship Miscellanies and the curious readerFaulkner, Jacobitism and a posthumous imprimatur; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter seven Exploring the bibliographical limits of Gulliver's Travels; Motte and the context of publication; Swift's rhetoric of plausibility; Swift and travel books; Swift's suggestive imagination; Swift and the reader; Notes; Chapter eight George Faulkner and Swift's collected works; The proposals; The rival miscellanies; Swift, George Faulkner and William Bowyer; The subscription; The contents; Notes; PART III Swift's books in their broader context Chapter nine Censorship, libel and self-censorshipCensorship and self-censorship; Censor; Libeller; Notes; Chapter ten Swift's texts between Dublin and London; Early publications; Faulkner and Bowyer; The legacy of dual publication; Notes; Chapter eleven Publishing posthumous Swift: Deane Swift to Walter Scott; Burn all manuscripts; More last words; Turning lead to gold; Notes; Chapter twelve The mock edition revisited: Swift to Mailer; Notes; Select bibliography; Primary sources; Blackwood's Magazine; Critical Review; Edinburgh Magazine; Gentleman's Magazine; Jackson's Oxford Journal Monthly ReviewSecondary sources; Index Cover; Jonathan Swift and the Eighteenth-Century Book; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Notes on contributors; Preface; Abbreviations; Introduction; Swift's pre-eminence as author; Swift and the book trade: overview engagement and disengagement; 1691-1711 Dublin and London; 1711-1714 London; 1714-1725 Dublin; 1725-1735 Dublin and London; 1735-1744 Dublin; The ethics of authorship; The structure of this collection; Notes; PART I Swift's books and their environment; Chapter one Swift as a manuscript poet; Notes; Chapter two Leaving the printer to his liberty; Notes Chapter three What Swift did in librariesSqueezing, sinking, forgetting; Collecting, judging, gifting; Reading, shelving; Notes; Part II Some species of Swiftian book; Chapter four The uses of the miscellany: Swift, Curll and piracy; Swift and the eighteenth-century miscellany; Swift as miscellany writer; Curll and Swift; Notes; Chapter five Swift's Tale of a Tub and the mock book; Notes; Chapter six Epistolary forms: published correspondence, letter-journals and books; Swift and letters as works; Swift and works as letters; The Swift-Pope letters and gentlemanly friendship Miscellanies and the curious readerFaulkner, Jacobitism and a posthumous imprimatur; Conclusion; Notes; Chapter seven Exploring the bibliographical limits of Gulliver's Travels; Motte and the context of publication; Swift's rhetoric of plausibility; Swift and travel books; Swift's suggestive imagination; Swift and the reader; Notes; Chapter eight George Faulkner and Swift's collected works; The proposals; The rival miscellanies; Swift, George Faulkner and William Bowyer; The subscription; The contents; Notes; PART III Swift's books in their broader context Chapter nine Censorship, libel and self-censorshipCensorship and self-censorship; Censor; Libeller; Notes; Chapter ten Swift's texts between Dublin and London; Early publications; Faulkner and Bowyer; The legacy of dual publication; Notes; Chapter eleven Publishing posthumous Swift: Deane Swift to Walter Scott; Burn all manuscripts; More last words; Turning lead to gold; Notes; Chapter twelve The mock edition revisited: Swift to Mailer; Notes; Select bibliography; Primary sources; Blackwood's Magazine; Critical Review; Edinburgh Magazine; Gentleman's Magazine; Jackson's Oxford Journal Monthly ReviewSecondary sources; Index |
