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Jonathan Swift has had a profound impact on almost all the national literatures of Continental Europe. The celebrated author of acknowledged masterpieces like A Tale of a Tub (1704), Gulliver's Travels (1726), and A Modest Proposal (1729), the Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin, was courted by innumerable translators, adaptors, and retellers, admired and challenged by shoals of critics, and creatively imitated by both novelists and playwrights, not only in Central Europe (Germany and Switzerland) but also in its northern (Denmark and Sweden) and southern (Italy, Spain, and Portugal) outposts, as well as its eastern (Poland and Russia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria) and Western parts - from the beginning of the eighteenth century to the present day.
Series Editor: Dr Elinor Shaffer FBA, Institute of Germanic &Romance Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
Contributors:
Wilhelm Graeber, University of Gottingen
Flavio Gregori, University of Venice
Jose Louis Chamosa, University of Leon
Jorge Miguel Bastos da Silva, University of Porto
Astrid Krake, Munchener Volkhochschule, University of Munster
Hermann J. Real, Munchener Volkhochschule, University of Munster
Marie-Luise Spieckermann, Munchener Volkhochschule, University of Munster
Nils Hartmann, University of Munster
Michael During, University of Greifswald
Gabriella Hartvig, University of Pecs
Filipina Filipova, Sofia University
Mihaela Mudure, University of Cluj
Sabine Baltes, Technische Universitat Chemnitz
Synopsis
Jonathan Swift has had a profound impact on almost all the national literatures of Continental Europe. The celebrated author of acknowledged masterpieces like A Tale of a Tub (1704), Gulliver's Travels (1726), and A Modest Proposal (1729), the Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin, was courted by innumerable translators, adaptors, and retellers, admired and challenged by shoals of critics, and creatively imitated by both novelists and playwrights, not only in Central Europe (Germany and Switzerland) but also in its northern (Denmark and Sweden) and southern (Italy, Spain, and Portugal) outposts, as well as its eastern (Poland and Russia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria) and Western parts - from the beginning of the eighteenth century to the present day.
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Leading international scholars explore Swift's reception and impact across Europe. Includes a historical timeline and comprehensive bibliography.
Synopsis
Jonathan Swift has had a profound impact on almost all the national literatures of Continental Europe. The celebrated author of acknowledged masterpieces like A Tale of a Tub (1704), Gulliver's Travels (1726), and A Modest Proposal (1729), the Dean of St Patrick's, Dublin, was courted by innumerable translators, adaptors, and retellers, admired and challenged by shoals of critics, and creatively imitated by both novelists and playwrights, not only in Central Europe (Germany and Switzerland) but also in its northern (Denmark and Sweden) and southern (Italy, Spain, and Portugal) outposts, as well as its eastern (Poland and Russia, Hungary, Romania, and Bulgaria) and Western parts - from the beginning of the eighteenth century to the present day.
About the Author
Hermann J.Real is Professor of English at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, and Director of the Ehrenpreis Centre for Swift Studies.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgements \ List of Contributors \ Abbreviations \ Timeline: European Reception of Jonathan Swift \ Introduction, Hermann J. Real \ 1. Swift's First Voyages to Europe: His Impact on Eighteenth-Century France, Wilhelm Graeber \ 2. The Italian Reception of Swift, Flavio Gregori \ 3. Swift's Horses in the Land of the Caballeros, José Louis Chamosa \ 4. A Lusitanian Dish: Swift to Portugese Taste, Jorge Miguel Bastos da Silva \ 5. The Dean's Voyages into Germany, Astrid Krake, Hermann J. Real, and Marie-Luise Spieckermann \ 6. Swiftian Presence in Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Nils Hartmann \ 7. No Swift Beyond Gulliver: Notes on the Polish Reception, Michael Düring \ 8. From Russian 'Sviftovedenie' to the Soviet School of Swift Criticism: The Dean's Fate in Russia, Michael Düring \ 9. Detecting Swift in the Czech Lands, Michael Düring \ 10. The Dean in Hungary, Gabriella Hartvig \ 11. Swift's Impact on Bulgaria, Filipina Filipova \ 12. From the Infantile to the Subversive: Swift's Romanian Adventures, Mihaela Mudure \ 13. Swiftian Material Culture, Sabine Baltes \ Bibliography \ Index.