Swift's Satires on Modernism: Battlegrounds of Reading and Writing

More than three centuries later, Jonathan Swift's writing remains striking and relevant. In this engaging study, Atkins brings forty-plus years of critical experience to bear on some of the greatest satires ever written, revealing new contexts for understanding post-Reformation reading practices and the development of the modern personal essay. 1 Paperback / softback 2 Illustrations, black and white; VIII, 103 p. 2 illus.