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29 - English Language and Literature
University of Liverpool
Jonathan Swift: A Tale of a Tub and Other Works
A full scholarly edition of Swift's early masterpiece the Tale of a Tub, with the Battel of the Books, and Mechanical Operation of the Spirit. It includes an Introduction (30k words); explanatory commentary (110k words); detailed bibliography; index; appendices containing related Swiftian writings, and contextual materials by other writers; textual introduction setting out the text-editorial principles and methodology followed; formal bibliographical descriptions of the original texts; historical collations, and lists of emendations to the copy text.
The edition was prepared over the years 2002-2009; it involved two and a half years of full-time work.