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Jonathan Swift : troubled dean
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This program is a definitive treatment of the life of Jonathan Swift, the foremost prose satirist in the English language. Passages from Swift's correspondence and astute commentary by Swift biogra...
This program is a definitive treatment of the life of Jonathan Swift, the foremost prose satirist in the English language. Passages from Swift's correspondence and astute commentary by Swift biographers Joseph McMinn and Robert Mahony and other experts provide keen insights into Swift's phenomenal successes and embittering humiliations-plus his enduring works, such as Gulliver's Travels-while firmly anchoring his writings in the socio-historic context of his times. His lifelong crusade against hypocrisy and injustice and his pivotal relationships with his two ladyloves, "Stella" and "Vanessa," are thoroughly analyzed.
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- Creator
- Network Ireland Television
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
- Publication
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- New York, N.Y. : Films Media Group, [2005], c1999
- Physical Details
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- 1 streaming video file (39 min.) : sd., col., digital file
- digital
- data file
- ISBNs
- 9781421369969
- OCLC
- ocn707968269
- Access requires authentication through Films on Demand.
- Encoded with permission for digital streaming by Films Media Group on May 12, 2005.
- Films on Demand is distributed by Films Media Group for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
- Mode of access: Internet.
- System requirements: FOD playback platform.
- Verses on the Death of Doctor Swift (1:13) -- Swift's Early Life and Education (3:16) -- Swift's Early Adulthood (2:31) -- Ordination of Swift (2:04) -- Life in London (4:28) -- Commitment to Truth and Honor (3:28) -- Swift as Folk Hero (3:16) -- Ireland and England (4:24) -- Two Lady Loves (3:44) -- Relationships with Stella and Vanessa (4:38) -- Swift's Mind (1:58) -- Theme of Disappointment (2:25)