The Reception of Jonathan Swift in Europe Nippod edition

Brief Description: Leading international scholars explore Swift's reception and impact across Europe. Includes a historical timeline and comprehensive bibliography. Biographical Note: Hermann J. Real is Professor of English at the Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat, Munster, and Director of the Ehrenpreis Centre for Swift Studies."Table of Contents: Acknowledgements \ List of Contributors \ Abbreviations \ Timeline: European Reception of Jonathan Swift \ Introduction, Hermann J. Real \ 1. Swift's First Voyages to Europe: His Impact on Eighteenth-Century France, Wilhelm Graeber \ 2. The Italian Reception of Swift, Flavio Gregori \ 3. Swift's Horses in the Land of the Caballeros, Jose Louis Chamosa \ 4. A Lusitanian Dish: Swift to Portugese Taste, Jorge Miguel Bastos da Silva \ 5. The Dean's Voyages into Germany, Astrid Krake, Hermann J. Real, and Marie-Luise Spieckermann \ 6. Swiftian Presence in Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Nils Hartmann \ 7. No Swift Beyond Gulliver: Notes on the Polish Reception, Michael During \ 8. From Russian 'Sviftovedenie' to the Soviet School of Swift Criticism: The Dean's Fate in Russia, Michael During \ 9. Detecting Swift in the Czech Lands, Michael During \ 10. The Dean in Hungary, Gabriella Hartvig \ 11. Swift's Impact on Bulgaria, Filipina Filipova \ 12. From the Infantile to the Subversive: Swift's Romanian Adventures, Mihaela Mudure \ 13. Swiftian Material Culture, Sabine Baltes \ Bibliography \ Index."Review Quotes: Reference & Research Book News, August 2006--mentionReview Quotes: 'a worthy concept.' Adam Rounce, SHARP, 2006Review Quotes: Reference & Research Book News, August 2006--, Review Quotes: 'This is an important pioneering work... The extensive bibliography, which minutely documents the translations, adaptations and critical articles in the various countries, is as praiseworthy as the wide-ranging and helpful Timeline. "The Reception of" "Jonathan Swift in Europe" represents an important and competent reference work for all future research on Swift on the European continent.' Ralf Haekel, "Das Achtzehntes Jahrhundert" (The Eighteenth Century), 31--, Review Quotes: "This book is genuinely impressive as an index of the speed and extent to which Swift's reputation spread throughout his career and especially after his death...a remarkably valuable book indeed."--, Review Quotes: "It is an indispensable reference text not only for reception study, but also for the many insights of European scholars who have discovered unexpected translations of Gulliver's Travels and who have mined early encyclopedias, correspondences, and journals for commentary on Swift as a man, author, Irish patriot, husband, lover.... A concise overview by Mr. Real and an illuminating Timeline...it is a volume that one goes to with a specific interest." - The Scriblerian and the Kit-Cats--, Marc Notes: Originally published: London: Thoemmes, 2005.; Includes bibliographical references and index.; A collection of essays on the reception of Jonathan Swift, author of 'Gulliver's Travels', in Europe. Review Citations:

Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2006 pg. 307 (EAN 9780826468475, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:  Real, Hermann J Hermann J. Real is Professor of English at the Westfalische Wilhelms-Universitat, Munster, and Director of the Ehrenpreis Centre for Swift Studies.