Gulliver's Travels (Paperback)

Jonathan Swift

ISBN 10: 155111979X / ISBN 13: 9781551119793

Verlag: Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough, 2012

Beschreibung

Paperback. In this narrative of the gullible ship's doctor Lemuel Gulliver and his extraordinary travels, Jonathan Swift takes readers through a series of apparently child-like fantasy worlds of tiny people and giants, floating islands and talking horses. But through this fantastic journey, he also gave to literature an enduring model of mankind's follies, vulnerabilities, vanities, and self-destructiveness. Dangerously topical in its own time and much debated ever since, Gulliver's Travels is among those works of English literature that entrap and challenge readers in every period. Historical appendices provide a context for the novel's literary models, scientific influences, and complex political and religious allusions. Historical materials, annotation, and a new introduction make this iconic but challenging text accessible to students. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781551119793

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: Gulliver's Travels (Paperback)
• Verlag: Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 155111979X
• ISBN-13: 9781551119793
• Einband: Paperback
• Zustand: new

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Inhaltsangabe

In this narrative of the gullible ship’s doctor Lemuel Gulliver and his extraordinary travels, Jonathan Swift takes readers through a series of apparently child-like fantasy worlds of tiny people and giants, floating islands and talking horses. But through this fantastic journey, he also gave to literature an enduring model of mankind’s follies, vulnerabilities, vanities, and self-destructiveness. Dangerously topical in its own time and much debated ever since, Gulliver’s Travels is among those works of English literature that entrap and challenge readers in every period.

This edition uses the 1735 edition as the copy text, retaining the original, unmodernized text. Historical appendices provide a context for the novel’s literary models, scientific influences, and complex political and religious allusions.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Allan Ingram is Professor of English at Northumbria University. He is currently Director of a major research project, “Before Depression: The Culture and Representation of the English Malady, 1660-1800” (www.beforedepression.com).