The Last Amateur Jonathan Swift, Edward Said, and the Profession of Literature
The Last Amateur Jonathan Swift, Edward Said, and the Profession of Literature | 1.04 MB
Title: The Last Amateur Jonathan Swift, Edward Said, and the Profession of Literature
Author: Helen Deutsch
Category: Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Books & Reading, British
Language: English | 235 Pages | ISBN: 0226849562
Joining the unfinished conversation between the satirist Jonathan Swift and the critic Edward Said, The Last Amateur argues for the transformative potential of literature.
What does "Swiftian" mean to you? For many, the name is synonymous with ingenious satire and an acid, clarifying mix of decorum and outrage. Jonathan Swift was, of course, the author of not only Gulliver’s Travels but also A Modest Proposal, which the columnist Gene Lyons recently called "perhaps the most penetrating anti-racist essay in the English language." Small wonder, then, that the Anglo-Irish satirist was a lifelong inspiration to the great Palestinian American critic Edward Said, who for many years worked on an unfinished book about Swift and cultivated a Swiftian voice across his career.
Helen Deutsch’s highly personal book explores what Said’s love of Swift-and hers of both-tells us about not only these authors but also the…
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