商品簡介
Founded on the premise that the perspectives of other nations add to the understanding of individual contributions to British and Irish history, the Athlone Critical Traditions series investigates the reception of British authors in Continental Europe. In this volume, the contributors, who are academics in English and Romance literatures at universities throughout Europe, examine such topics as the Swiftian presence in Scandinavia, Swift's impact in Bulgaria, and Swiftian material culture. They also consider the conflation of Swift's most famous character, Gulliver, with Swift himself, reveal that the French translator of Gulliver's Travels added a fifth voyage and explain the use of that novel in Russia as a means of exploring social issues. The text includes a timeline of the European reception of Swift and an overview by Real, who is director of the Ehrenpreis Centre for Swift Studies at the Westfalische Wilhelms- Universitat. Thoemmes Press is an imprint of Continuum. Annotation c2006 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Hermann J.Real is Professor of English at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, and Director of the Ehrenpreis Centre for Swift Studies.
