Gulliver's Travels and a Modest Proposal (Enriched Classics)

图书标准信息

• 作者 Jonathan Swift 著；Cynthia Brantley Johnson 编
• 出版社 Simon & Schuster US
• 出版时间 2005-08
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9781416500391
• 定价 37.70元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 448页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Enriched Classics Series

【内容简介】

EnduringLiteratureIlluminatedbyPracticalScholarship

Byturnsachildren'sfantasyandasocialsatireforadults,"Gulliver'sTravels"isoneofthemostpopularadventuretalesofalltime."AModestProposal,"alsoanimaginative,enduringwork,ispoliticallampooneryatitsfinest.

ThisEnrichedClassicEditionincludes:

*Aconciseintroductionthatgivesreadersimportantbackgroundinformation

*Achronologyoftheauthor'slifeandwork

*Atimelineofsignificanteventsthatprovidesthebook'shistoricalcontext

*Anoutlineofkeythemesandplotpointstohelpreadersformtheirowninterpretations

*Detailedexplanatorynotes

*Criticalanalysis,includingcontemporaryandmodernperspectivesonthework

*Discussionquestionstopromotelivelyclassroomandbookgroupinteraction

*Alistofrecommendedrelatedbooksandfilmstobroadenthereader'sexperience

EnrichedClassicsofferreadersaffordableeditionsofgreatworksofliteratureenhancedbyhelpfulnotesandinsightfulcommentary.ThescholarshipprovidedinEnrichedClassicsenablesreaderstoappreciate,understand,andenjoytheworld'sfinestbookstotheirfullpotential.

SerieseditedbyCynthiaBrantleyJohnson.

【作者简介】

JonathanSwift(30November1667-19October1745)wasanAnglo-Irishsatirist,essayist,politicalpamphleteer(firstforWhigsthenfortheTories),poetandclericwhobecameDeanofSt.Patrick's,Dublin.HeisrememberedforworkssuchasGulliver'sTravels,AModestProposal,AJournaltoStella,Drapier'sLetters,TheBattleoftheBooks,AnArgumentAgainstAbolishingChristianity,andATaleofaTub.Swiftoriginallypublishedallofhisworksunderpseudonyms,suchasLemuelGulliver,IsaacBickerstaff,M.B.Drapier,oranonymously.Heisalsoknownforbeingamasteroftwostylesofsatire;theHoratianandJuvenalianstyle.Heisregardedasoneofthemostinfluentialpoliticalwritersofhistime.

【目录】

INTRODUCTION

CHRONOLOGY OF JONATHAN SwiIFT'S

  LIFE AND WORK

HISTORICAL CONTEXT OF Gulliver's Travelh

GULLIVER'S TRAVELS

PART I

　A VOYAGE TO LILLIPUT

　　CHAPTER I.

　　CHAPTER II.

　　CHAPTER III.

　　CHAPTER IV.

　　CHAPTER V.

　　CHAPTER VI.

　　CHAPTER VII.

　　CHAPTER VIII.

PART II

PART III

PART IV

A MODEST PROPOSAL

NoTEs

INTERPRETIVE NOTES

CRITICAL EXCERPTS

QUESTIONS FOR DISCUSSION

SUGGESTIONS FOR THE INTERESTED READER