Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-364) and index.
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Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Abbreviations; Timeline: European Reception of Jonathan Swift; Introduction; 1 Swift's First Voyages to Europe: His Impact on Eighteenth-Century France; 2 The Italian Reception of Swift; 3 Swift's Horses in the Land of the Caballeros; 4 A Lusitanian Dish: Swift to Portuguese Taste; 5 The Dean's Voyages into Germany; 6 Swiftian Presence in Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway, Sweden; 7 No Swift beyond Gulliver: Notes on the Polish Reception.
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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 wel.
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Reception of Jonathan Swift in Europe.
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Swift, Jonathan,1667-1745-- Appreciation-- Europe.
Swift, Jonathan,1667-1745-- Criticism and interpretation-- History.
Swift, Jonathan,1667-1745-- Influence.
Swift, Jonathan,1667-1745-- Translations-- History and criticism.
Swift, Jonathan,1667-1745-- Appréciation-- Europe.
Swift, Jonathan,1667-1745-- Critique et interprétation-- Histoire.
Swift, Jonathan,1667-1745-- Influence.
Swift, Jonathan,1667-1745-- Traductions-- Histoire et critique.