Gulliver’s Travels
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift, published by Cambridge University Press on June 30, 2022, is a significant work in both English and world literature. This edition spans 910 pages and presents an authoritative text of Swift’s account of Lemuel Gulliver’s adventures in fantastical societies. The book serves as both a satiric fantasy and an analysis of the human condition, reflecting its enduring relevance since its initial publication in 1726.
Readers will find a detailed introduction and textual apparatus that enhance their understanding of the work. This scholarly edition includes extensive notes and commentary that explore the many layers of meaning and allusion within the text. Additionally, it features appendices and illustrations that present important ancillary material, offering clarity and context. This volume is designed to be an essential resource for scholars and students interested in eighteenth-century literature and ideas, providing insights into the historical background and sources related to Swift’s writing.
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Gulliver’s Travels is one of the few works of English literature which is also a landmark in world literature. Jonathan Swift’s account of Lemuel Gulliver’s adventures in the fantastical societies of ‘remote nations’ was an instant best-seller on publication in 1726 and has remained in the public imagination ever since, as both a satiric fantasy and an analysis of the human condition. This scholarly edition offers an authoritative text, based on the widest possible historical collation of the many editions published in Swift’s lifetime; a detailed introduction and textual apparatus; and appendices and illustrations presenting important ancillary material with new clarity. Extensive notes and commentary open out the many layers of meaning and allusion in the text, identify new sources and parallels and offer wide-ranging historical background information. An important addition to the Cambridge Swift Edition, this volume will be indispensable for scholars and students of eighteenth-century literature and ideas.
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