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Jonathan Swift and Popular Culture : Myth, Media, and the Man / by Ann Cline Kelly

New York ; s.l. : Palgrave Macmillan US ; Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2002

1 Online-Ressource (XI, 244 p)

Englisch

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978-1-137-08264-0

978-0-230-60234-2 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

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Digital Object Identifier (DOI): 10.1007/978-1-137-08264-0

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LOC-SH: Literature, Modern ; British literature ; Literature ; Literature -- Philosophy ; Culture -- Study and teaching ; Fiction ; European literature. ; European literature

Ann Kelly's provocative book breaks the mold of Swift studies. Twentieth century Swift scholars have tended to assess Jonathan Swift as a pillar of the eighteenth-century 'republic of letter', a conservative, even reactionary voice upholding classical values against the welling tide of popularization in literature. Kelly looks at Swift instead as a practical exponent of the popular and impressario of the literary image. She argues that Swift turned his back on the elite to write for a popular audience, and that he annexed scandals to his fictionalized print alter ego, creating a continual demand for works by or about this self-mythologized figure. A fascinating look at print culture, the commodification of the author, and the history of popular culture, this book should provoke lots of discussion