Book contents
- Jonathan Swift in Context
- Jonathan Swift in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Part I Personal
- Part II Publishing History and Legacy
- Part III Literary Background
- Part IV Genres
- Chapter 16 Satire
- Chapter 17 Pamphleteering and Political Journalism
- Chapter 18 Familiar Verse
- Chapter 19 Fables and Fantasy
- Chapter 20 Parody and Hoax
- Chapter 21 Sermons
- Chapter 22 History
- Chapter 23 Correspondence
- Chapter 24 The Novel
- Part V The External World
- Part VI Social and Intellectual Topics
- Further Reading
- Index
Chapter 18 - Familiar Verse
from Part IV - Genres
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 02 May 2024
- Jonathan Swift in Context
- Jonathan Swift in Context
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- Abbreviations
- Part I Personal
- Part II Publishing History and Legacy
- Part III Literary Background
- Part IV Genres
- Chapter 16 Satire
- Chapter 17 Pamphleteering and Political Journalism
- Chapter 18 Familiar Verse
- Chapter 19 Fables and Fantasy
- Chapter 20 Parody and Hoax
- Chapter 21 Sermons
- Chapter 22 History
- Chapter 23 Correspondence
- Chapter 24 The Novel
- Part V The External World
- Part VI Social and Intellectual Topics
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
Throughout his long career, Swift produced a wide range of what we might advisedly call familiar verses. This chapter begins by looking at the light-hearted poems that Swift wrote for a small, private readership, in which he jests with self-mockery and absurdity. The second section explores the poems that Swift wrote during his stints at Market Hill. Light verse can be serious, this chapter argues, and Swift’s best writing can be both amusing and weighty.
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- Jonathan Swift in Context , pp. 139 - 147Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024