The Works of Jonathan Swift, D.d., D.s.p.d., in Eight Volumes. Containing I. His Miscellanies in Prose. Ii. His Poetical Writings. Iii. the Travels of Cap

Publisher Marketing: Title: The Works of Jonathan Swift, D. D., D. S. P. D., in eight volumes. Containing I. His Miscellanies in Prose. II. His Poetical Writings. III. The Travels of Capt. Lemuel Gulliver. IV. Papers relating to Ireland, and the Drapier's Letters. V. The Conduct of the Allies, and the Examiner. VI. The Publick Spirit of the Whiggs, &c., with Polite Conversation. VII. Letters to and from Dr. Swift. VIII. Directions to Servants, Sermons, Poems, &c. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage and verse. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Swift, Jonathan 1746 8 vol.; 8 . 12274.h.13. Contributor Bio:  Swift, Jonathan Born in 1667, Jonathan Swift was an Irish writer and cleric, best known for his works Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal, and A Journal to Stella, amongst many others. Educated at Trinity College in Dublin, Swift received his Doctor of Divinity in February 1702, and eventually became Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin. Publishing under the names of Lemeul Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, and M. B. Drapier, Swift was a prolific writer who, in addition to his prose works, composed poetry, essays, and political pamphlets for both the Whigs and the Tories, and is considered to be one of the foremost English-language satirists, mastering both the Horatian and Juvenalian styles. Swift died in 1745, leaving the bulk of his fortune to found St. Patrick's Hospital for Imbeciles, a hospital for the mentally ill, which continues to operate as a psychiatric hospital today.