Research Catalog

Title

The Cambridge companion to Gulliver's travels / edited by Daniel Cook (University of Dundee) and Nicholas Seager (Keele University).

Publication

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cook, Daniel, 1981-
• Seager, Nicholas

Description

xix, 250 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.

Summary

"Approaching Gulliver's Travels from a variety of critical perspectives, this Cambridge Companion provides students and researchers with a multifaceted understanding of the enduring legacy of one of literature's most profound and provocative works of fiction in the lead-up to the 300th anniversary of its first publication"--

Series Statement

Cambridge companions to literature

Uniform Title

Cambridge companions to literature.

Subject

• Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745
• Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745 > Criticism and interpretation
• Gulliver's travels (Swift, Jonathan)
• Satire, English > History and criticism
• Voyages, Imaginary > History and criticism
• Imaginary societies in literature
• Travelers in literature
• Satire, English
• Voyages, Imaginary
• Criticism and interpretation

Genre/Form

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Politics / Joseph Hone -- Religion / Ian Higgins -- Bodies and gender / Liz Bellamy -- Science, empire, and observation / Gregory Lynall -- Popular fiction / J. A. Downie -- Satire / Pat Rogers -- Travel writing / Dirk F. Passmann -- Philosophical tale / Paddy Bullard -- Advertisements and authorship / Brean Hammond -- A voyage to Lilliput / Melinda Alliker Rabb -- A voyage to Brobdingnag / Nicholas Seager -- A voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, &c. / Barbara M. Benedict -- A voyage to the land of the Houyhnhnms / Judith Hawley -- Critical reception / Jack Lynch -- Further voyages / Daniel Cook -- Visual culture / Ruth Menzies -- Screen media / Emrys Jones.

Call Number

JFE 24-880

ISBN

• 9781108830195
• 1108830196
• 9781108822008
• 1108822002
• 9781108909488 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781108905442 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2023017925

OCLC

1377799102

Title

The Cambridge companion to Gulliver's travels / edited by Daniel Cook (University of Dundee) and Nicholas Seager (Keele University).

Publisher

Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Cambridge companions to literature

Cambridge companions to literature.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added Author

Cook, Daniel, 1981- editor.

Seager, Nicholas, editor.

Other Form:

Online version: Cambridge companion to Gulliver's travels. Cambridge ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023 9781108909488 (OCoLC)1406347138

Research Call Number

JFE 24-880