Gulliver's Travels (Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism) - Softcover

Swift, Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312066651 ISBN 13: 9780312066659

Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's, 1994

Synopsis

Adopted at more than 1,000 colleges and universities, Bedford/St. Martin's innovative Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism series has introduced more than a quarter of a million students to literary theory and earned enthusiastic praise nationwide. Along with an authoritative text of a major literary work, each volume presents critical essays, selected or prepared especially for students, that approach the work from several contemporary critical perspectives, such as gender criticism and cultural studies. Each essay is accompanied by an introduction (with bibliography) to the history, principles, and practice of its critical perspective. Every volume also surveys the biographical, historical, and critical contexts of the literary work and concludes with a glossary of critical terms. New editions reprint cultural documents that contextualize the literary works and feature essays that show how critical perspectives can be combined.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

This edition of Swift's classic novel presents the 1965 Herbert Davis Edition (based on the Faulkner Edition of 1735) along with five critical essays - newly commissioned or revised for a student audience - that read Gulliver's Travels from five contemporary critical perspectives. Each critical essay is accompanied by a succinct introduction to the history, principles, and practice of the critical perspective and by a bibliography that promotes further exploration of that approach. In addition, the text and essays are complemented by an introduction providing biographical and historical contexts to Swift and Gulliver's Travels, a survey of critical responses to the novel since its initial publication, and a glossary of critical and theoretical terms.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0312066651
• ISBN 13: 9780312066659
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 480
• Editor: Fox Christopher B.