The Resource Swift and history : politics and the English past, Ashley Marshall, (electronic resource)
Swift and history : politics and the English past, Ashley Marshall, (electronic resource)
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The item Swift and history : politics and the English past, Ashley Marshall, (electronic resource) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in European University Institute.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- 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 his own works. This study traces Swift's classical and modern historiographical inheritance; analyses his unsuccessful attempt to write a history of England; and offers radical re-reading of his History of the Four Last Years of the Queen. A systematic analysis of Swift's view of 'authority' is highly revealing. His attitudes toward power and authority, sovereigns' and subjects' rights, parliamentary representation, and succession are reflected in his lifelong engagement with and pervasive use of the past. Studying Swift and history enables a deeper understanding of his authoritarian and historiographically Tory outlook - and how it changed when Swift's party fell from power in 1714.--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 282 pages)
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9781107499270
- Label
- Swift and history : politics and the English past
- Title
- Swift and history
- Title remainder
- politics and the English past
- Statement of responsibility
- Ashley Marshall
- Title variation
- Swift & History
- Subject
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- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1714
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1714-1760
- Historiography -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- England -- Historiography
- Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 -- Political and social views
- Tory Party (Great Britain) -- History -- 18th century
- Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 his own works. This study traces Swift's classical and modern historiographical inheritance; analyses his unsuccessful attempt to write a history of England; and offers radical re-reading of his History of the Four Last Years of the Queen. A systematic analysis of Swift's view of 'authority' is highly revealing. His attitudes toward power and authority, sovereigns' and subjects' rights, parliamentary representation, and succession are reflected in his lifelong engagement with and pervasive use of the past. Studying Swift and history enables a deeper understanding of his authoritarian and historiographically Tory outlook - and how it changed when Swift's party fell from power in 1714.--
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- Marshall, Ashley
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- dictionaries
- Series statement
- Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Swift, Jonathan
- Swift, Jonathan
- Swift, Jonathan
- Tory Party (Great Britain)
- Politics and literature
- Historiography
- England
- Great Britain
- Great Britain
- Label
- Swift and history : politics and the English past, Ashley Marshall, (electronic resource)
- Carrier category
- online resource
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
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- txt
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- 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
- Control code
- CR9781316182161
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 282 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9781107499270
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)908633310
- Label
- Swift and history : politics and the English past, Ashley Marshall, (electronic resource)
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- 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
- Control code
- CR9781316182161
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (x, 282 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Governing access note
- Use of this electronic resource may be governed by a license agreement which restricts use to the European University Institute community. Each user is responsible for limiting use to individual, non-commercial purposes, without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information, provided that all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials are retained. The use of software, including scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in the loss of access to these resources for the entire European University Institute community
- Isbn
- 9781107499270
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- digital, PDF file(s).
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)908633310
Subject
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1660-1714
- Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1714-1760
- Historiography -- Political aspects -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 18th century
- England -- Historiography
- Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 -- Criticism and interpretation
- Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 -- Political and social views
- Tory Party (Great Britain) -- History -- 18th century
- Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
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