Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels: a Routledge Study Guide

An extremely complex, yet widely studied text, Jonathan Swift s Gulliver s Travels ranks as one of the most scathing satires of British and European society ever published. Students will therefore welcome the publication of Roger Lund s sourcebook, which provides a clear way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surounds the text. This indispensable guide presents:

• extensive introductory comment on the contexts and many interpretations of the text,...
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An extremely complex, yet widely studied text, Jonathan Swift s Gulliver s Travels ranks as one of the most scathing satires of British and European society ever published. Students will therefore welcome the publication of Roger Lund s sourcebook, which provides a clear way through the wealth of contextual and critical material that surounds the text. This indispensable guide presents:

• extensive introductory comment on the contexts and many interpretations of the text, from publication to present
• annotated extracts from key contextual documents, reviews, critical works and the text itself
• cross-references between documents and sections of the guide, in order to suggest links between texts, contexts and criticism
• suggestions for further reading.

Part of the Routledge Gudies to Literature series, this volume is essential reading for all those beginning detailed study of Swift s controversial novel.