Delphi Complete Works of Jonathan Swift (Illustrated)


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Jonathan Swift, the essayist, political pamphleteer, poet and cleric, is widely regarded as the foremost prose satirist of the English language, whose satirical novel ‘Gulliver's Travels’ remains one of the most enduring classics of English literature. This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works of Jonathan Swift, with numerous illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Swift's life and works * Concise introductions to the satires and other works * Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the texts * GULLIVER’S TRAVELS is illustrated with contemporary illustrations * Provides both the adapted 1726 and the authoritative 1735 versions of GULLIVER’S TRAVELS * Rare satires appearing for the first time in digital print * An exhaustive offering of political, religious and journalism works * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Includes Swift's letters to ‘Stella’ - spend hours exploring the author’s personal correspondence * Features two biographies - discover Swift's literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse our other titles Please note: some obscure poems cannot appear in this eBook, being the result of more recent scholarship and so protected by copyright. Once these works enter the public domain, they will be added to the eBook as a free update. CONTENTS: The Satires A TALE OF A TUB THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS THE BICKERSTAFF-PARTRIDGE PAPERS THE SWEARER’S BANK GULLIVER’S TRAVELS, 1726 GULLIVER’S TRAVELS, 1735 A MODEST PROPOSAL AN EXAMINATION OF CERTAIN ABUSES A COMPLETE COLLECTION OF GENTEEL AND INGENIOUS CONVERSATION DIRECTIONS TO SERVANTS MINOR SATIRES The Sermons THREE SERMONS BROTHERLY LOVE AND OTHER SERMONS Other Religious Works LIST OF RELIGIOUS WORKS The Political Works DRAPIER’S LETTERS LIST OF POLITICAL WORKS The Historical Works THE HISTORY OF THE FOUR LAST YEARS OF THE QUEEN AN ABSTRACT OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND REMARKS ON THE CHARACTERS OF THE COURT OF QUEEN ANNE REMARKS ON LORD CLARENDON’S “HISTORY OF THE REBELLION” REMARKS ON BISHOP BURNET’S “HISTORY OF HIS OWN TIME” NOTES ON THE “FREEHOLDER” The Journalism CONTRIBUTIONS TO ‘THE TATLER’ CONTRIBUTIONS TO ‘THE EXAMINER’ CONTRIBUTION TO ‘THE SPECTATOR’ CONTRIBUTIONS TO ‘THE INTELLIGENCER’ The Poetry Collection THE POEMS OF JONATHAN SWIFT The Poems LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Memoir A JOURNAL TO STELLA The Biographies SKETCH OF THE LIFE OF DR. JONATHAN SWIFT by R. Phillips DEAN SWIFT by James McGee




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Studies in Music, Words, and Imagery in Early Modern Europe


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Characterized by an interdisciplinary approach, these essays highlight the relationship between music and poetry in Italian secular works of the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, examine the role of images in shedding light on the cultural context in which these and other works came into being (music iconography), and explore the binaries and similarities of the arts in this period. Insights about early opera are complemented by discussions of accompanied solo song, or monody, both genres new to Italian music at the turn of the seventeenth century. Many chapters focus on specific images, ranging from the figure of Apollo and his significance as the earliest operatic protagonist, to an early eighteenth-century representation of a salon concert and its “ensemblisation” of events that likely occurred serially. Others include discussions and analyses of musical poetics, from Tasso’s influence on the Italian madrigal to Rinuccini’s authorship of the earliest opera libretti. Another focuses on history while narrating the circumstances under which opera came into being in late Renaissance Florence. Addressed in large measure to teachers and students, Studies in Music, Words, and Imagery in Early Modern Europe presents a range of subjects that broaden our perspective on the era. Certain essays take a specifically pedagogical approach, while others are more apt to interest music historians or those familiar with Italian versification. All are presented with a view toward making more accessible essays that do not fit neatly into one subject area but cross boundary lines between music, words, and images.