A Tale of a Tub and Other Works (Oxford World's Classics) - Softcover

Swift, Jonathan

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9780192835932: A Tale of a Tub and Other Works (Oxford World's Classics)

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ISBN 10: 0192835939 ISBN 13: 9780192835932

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1999

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This volume includes "The Battle of the Books" and "The Mechanical Operation of the Spirit", both which accompanied "A Tale of a Tub" on its first publication in 1704.

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Book Description:

This 2010 edition provides the first full scholarly treatment of this important work for fifty years. The detailed introduction and explanatory notes address many previously unexplained issues. Texts have been fully collated and edited according to modern principles and are accompanied with a textual introduction and full textual apparatus.

About the Author:

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was born in Dublin, Ireland. Many of his books were strong attacks on the political life of the times, but he was very popular with the people. Gulliver's Travels is his most famous book. Angus Ross is at University of Sussex.

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