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Jonathan Swift and Popular Culture Myth, Media and the Man: Myth, Media, and the Man

Jonathan Swift and Popular Culture Myth, Media and the Man: Myth, Media, and the Man

Kelly, A.

Hardcover

Literary FiguresLiterary CriticismGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0312239599
ISBN13: 9780312239596
Publisher: Springer Nature
Published: May 13 2002
Pages: 244
Weight: 0.89
Height: 0.90 Width: 5.86 Depth: 8.62
Language: English
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.

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