This book explicates Jonathan Swift's poetry, reaffirming its prominence in competing literary traditions.

This collection of Jonathan Swift’s poetry is separated in three parts, according to their subject matter. The first section are poems addressed to a woman na

“Rich in observation, imagination and memory.” —New York Times Book Review Gathering poems from eight collections along with a stunning suite of new poems

Poets are makers, etymologically speaking. In practice, they are also thieves. Over a long career, from the early 1690s to the late 1730s, Jonathan Swift thrive