Swift: The Man, his Works, and the Age

Volume Two: Dr Swift

Irvin Ehrenpreis

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN:
  9780367712532
• eBook ISBN:
  9781000353587
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Historiography
• Index: History

First published in 1967, Dr Swift is the second of three volumes providing a detailed exploration of the events of Swift's life.

This volume begins by assessing Swift's character, hopes and ambitions in 1699. It then traces his life and career up to 1714 in minute detail, giving close consideration to Swift's expectations and the extent to which he felt they were fulfilled. In doing so, it covers Swift's movement between Ireland and England, his reputation as a poet, his historical writing, his church preferments, involvement in politics, and much more, including his relationships with a number of prominent social figures of the time.

Dr Swift is ideal for those with an interest in Swift's life, and in particular his life and career between 1699 and 1714.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Dedication Page
• Table of Contents
• Preface
• 1. Swift In 1699: health—character—hopes
• 2. Preferments: return to Ireland (August 1699)—chaplain to Berkeley—deanery of Derry—vicar of Laracor—prebendary of St Patrick’s Cathedral
• 3. Varina Dismissed: Jane Swift’s marriage—Jane Waring’s spinsterhood
• 4. Verse and Prose
• 5. The Politics of Travel: the government of Ireland—William III and Ireland—Earl of Rochester—Swift goes to England (April 1701)
• 6. The Contests and Dissensions
• 7. Historical Sketches: Swift’s ambition to be an historian—English historiography—An Abstract of the History of England—The Reign of William II, etc.—Swift’s method of writing history
• 8. PPT and MD
• 9. Cast Courtiers
• 10. Laracor and Dublin
• 11. England: November 1703 to May 1704
• 12. Ireland for Three and a Half Years, 1704–7
• 13. England: Winter and Spring 1707–8
• 14. Addison and Poetry
• 15. Church and State
• 16. Morality and Religion
• 17. England, 1708–9
• 18. More Suspense: July 1709-August 1710
• 19. Dr Sw—T
• 20. The Peacemakers
• 21. The Conduct of the Allies
• 22. High Life
• 23. Low Life: Swift’s kindness to humble people—his servant Patrick—daily routines—economies—investment in South Sea Company—health and exercise—illness
• 24. Suspense
• 25. The Life of a Spider
• 26. Vanessa and PPT
• 27. Bolingbroke’s Rise
• 28. Oxford’s Fall
• Appendices