Könyv jellemzők | |
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Kiadó | Oxford University Press |
Oldalszám | 362 |
Kötés | Fűzött |
Méret (cm) | 13.0x19.5x2.0 |
ISBN | 9780199536849 |
Nyelv | Angol |
Nyelvi szint | C2-anyanyelvi |
Kiadás éve | 2008 |
Sorozat | Oxford World\'s Classics |
provide a wealth of background information and explanatory help.
*Reproduces the 1735 edition of the text and includes for the first time not only the frontispiece and title-page from that edition but the frontispiece portraits of Gulliver/Swift that appeared in successive editions and whose subtle changes contribute
to the reader's uncertainty about the veracity of the author
*Up-to-date bibliography
*New chronology
New to this edition
*New introduction by Claude Rawson draws on the latest scholarship and considers Swift's role playing and the relationship of the author to Gulliver. Contains an astute analysis of the nature of Swift's satire
*Frontispiece portraits of Gulliver/Swift
*New, up-to-date bibliography
*New chronology
*New explanatory notes by Ian Higgins, removing now outdated interpretative areas
'Thus, gentle Reader, I have given thee a faithful History of my Travels for Sixteen Years, and above Seven Months