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Biographical

Jonathan Swift, a Hypocrite Reversed: A Critical Biography
by David Nokes
Oxford University Press, 1987.
"There has long been a need for an accessible, comprehensive—
and affordable—single-volume life of Swift. This thoughtful,
judicious biography promises to fill that need for our generation.
Nokes portrays the author of Gulliver's Travels in his roles as
satirist, politician, churchman, and friend. Combining the latest
findings of Swiftian scholarship with an astute critical eye, he
restores a proper balance between the specialist critics who have
overemphasized specific themes or genres in Swift's work and the
generalist critics who have missed many of the particularities of
Swift's ironies." —Amazon.com

Jonathan Swift in the Company of Women
by Louise Barnett
Oxford University Press, 1987.
"This first book-length treatment of Swift and women comprehensively
examines Swift's attitude toward women in all their manifestations
in his work and life: as intimates, acquaintances, proteges, wives,
mothers, nurses, disobedient daughters, young women who marry older
men, and—finally—as poets and critics." —Amazon.com

Works

Jonathan Swift: Major Works
by Jonathan Swift, Angus Ross and David Woolley (Editors)
Oxford University Press, 2003.
"This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed
Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode.
It brings together a unique selection from the full range of Swift's
fifty-year career - prose, poetry, and letters - to give the essence
of his work and thinking. In addition to the classic fictional satire,
Gulliver's Travels, Swift wrote numerous works concerning politics,
religion, and Ireland, some savage (such as A Modest Proposal), others
humorous, and all suffused with his tremendous wit, inventiveness,
and vigour. Includes satirical works such as A Tale of a Tub and
The Battle of the Books, political pamphlets, pieces for the popular
press, poems, and a generous selection from Swift's correspondence."
—Amazon.com

Jonathan Swift: The Selected Poems
by Jonathan Swift, A. Norman Jeffares (Editor)
By the respected editor Jeffares, this edition includes the
best of Swift's poems. A wonderful edition.

Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift, Robert DeMaria, Jr. (Editor)
W. W. Norton, 2003.
"No other series of classic texts equals the caliber of the Norton
Critical Editions. Careful editing, first-rate translation, and
thorough explanatory annotations allow each text to meet the
highest literary standards while remaining accessible to students.
This new edition of Swift's satiric classic is based on the 1726 text—
the edition textual scholars now consider the most authoritative.
It is accompanied by detailed explanatory annotations. Additional
sections include "Contexts", "Criticism" a chronology and a Selected
Bibliography." —The Publisher.

Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift, Robert DeMaria, Jr. (Editor)
Penguin Books, 2003.
This Penguin Books edition is a good reading edition with enough
background and notes, without disrupting the reading experience.

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