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
- Part V The External World
- Chapter 25 Literary Scene
- Chapter 26 Party Politics
- Chapter 27 Clubs
- Chapter 28 Walpole and the Opposition
- Chapter 29 The Church of England
- Chapter 30 Dissent
- Chapter 31 London
- Chapter 32 Literary Scene
- Chapter 33 The Church of Ireland
- Chapter 34 Dublin
- Part VI Social and Intellectual Topics
- Further Reading
- Index
Chapter 32 - Literary Scene
Ireland
from Part V - The External World
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
- Part V The External World
- Chapter 25 Literary Scene
- Chapter 26 Party Politics
- Chapter 27 Clubs
- Chapter 28 Walpole and the Opposition
- Chapter 29 The Church of England
- Chapter 30 Dissent
- Chapter 31 London
- Chapter 32 Literary Scene
- Chapter 33 The Church of Ireland
- Chapter 34 Dublin
- Part VI Social and Intellectual Topics
- Further Reading
- Index
Summary
This chapter provides an overview of the Irish literary scene during the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. There was a growing demand for literature of all kinds and the work of local poets, songwriters, playwrights, and pamphleteers appeared alongside printed material imported from London; local verses and satires circulated widely in manuscript. As a boy, Swift was immersed in this material and in later life he contributed to it. The easy availability of books and pamphlets made Dublin, at least for its better-educated and more affluent citizens, an attractive place to live.
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- Jonathan Swift in Context , pp. 255 - 262Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024