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  3. Memoirs of Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin
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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
January 2012
Print publication year:
2011
First published in:
1826
Online ISBN:
9781139062183
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139062183
Subjects:
Literature, English Literature: General Interest, English Literature 1700-1830
Series:
Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies
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Book description

Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) was born in Dublin and studied at the city's Trinity College. He gained his B.A. in 1686 before going to England where he took a Master's degree at Oxford in 1692. Subsequently, Swift lived between England and Ireland for a number of years. He moved from England in 1714 after the Tory party he supported lost power. Back in Ireland as Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, he turned his talents to supporting Irish causes. During this period he wrote some of his best work, including Gulliver's Travels, the satirical masterpiece which has been continuously in print since its publication in 1726. Written by Sir Walter Scott, this is the second part of a two-volume biography of Swift, first published in 1826. This volume covers the period from the publication of Gulliver's Travels, and includes a transcript of his last will and testament.

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