Swift and history : politics and the English past /

Swift has been said to have little interest in history. His attempts to write it have been disparaged and his desire to become Historiographer Royal ridiculed. Ashley Marshall argues that history mattered enormously to Swift. He read a vast amount of history and uses historical examples copiously in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Marshall, Ashley
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Subjects:	Swift, Jonathan, > 1667-1745 > Political and social views. Swift, Jonathan, > 1667-1745 > Criticism and interpretation. Politics and literature > Great Britain > History > 18th century. Historiography > Political aspects > Great Britain > History > 18th century. England > Historiography. Swift, Jonathan, > 1667-1745. > History of the four last years of the queen. Great Britain > Politics and government > 1660-1714. Great Britain > Politics and government > 1714-1760. Tory Party (Great Britain) > History > 18th century.
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Table of Contents:

1. Swift and the historians, ancient and modern
2. Swift, Temple, and the history of England
3. The uses of history in Swiftian satire and polemic
4. "Swift's rhapsodical Tory-book" : the aims and motives of The History of the Four Last Years of the Queen
5. Swift and authority
Conclusion: Swift's Tory historiography.