Jonathan Swift: A Hypocrite Reversed - Brossura

Nokes, David

 
9780571317615: Jonathan Swift: A Hypocrite Reversed
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ISBN 10: 0571317618 ISBN 13: 9780571317615
Casa editrice: Faber And Faber Ltd., 2014

Sinossi

David Nokes presents a gripping and authoritative portrait of Swift in his multifarious roles as satirist, politician, churchman and friend. Drawing on the most recent scholarship, he seeks in particular to re-establish a proper balance between Swift's public and private lives.

'The best biography of Swift to date.' Michael Foot, Observer

'David Nokes's book is splendid.' Denis Donoghue, London Review of Books

'Should remain the standard one-volume Life for years to come.' New York Times

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Informazioni sull?autore

David Nokes was for many years a professor of English Literature at King's College London, where he taught eighteenth-century literature and pioneered the Creative Writing course. His books include Jonathan Swift, A Hypocrite Reversed, which won the James Tait Black Memorial prize in 1985, and biographies of John Gay (1995), Jane Austen (1997) and Samuel Johnson (2009). His adaptation of Clarissa for BBC TV was nominated for a Bafta award in 1991. David Nokes died in 2009.

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Editore
Faber And Faber Ltd.
Data di pubblicazione
2014
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
0571317618
ISBN 13 
9780571317615
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
456
Contatto del produttore
non disponibile
Persona responsabile
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ISBN 10:  0198128347 ISBN 13:  9780198128342
Casa editrice: Olympic Marketing Corp, 1985
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