國立虎尾科技大學 |

Swift, the book, and the Irish financial revolution = satire and sovereignty in Colonial Ireland /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Swift, the book, and the Irish financial revolution/ Sean D. Moore.
Reminder of title:	satire and sovereignty in Colonial Ireland /
Author:	Moore, Sean D.
Published:	Baltimore :Johns Hopkins University Press, : 2010.,
Description:	1 online resource (xi, 268 p.).
Subject:	Book industries and trade - History. - Ireland -
Subject:	Ireland - Church history -
Online resource:	Full text available:
ISBN:	9780801899249 (electronic bk.)

Swift, the book, and the Irish financial revolution = satire and sovereignty in Colonial Ireland /
Moore, Sean D.

Swift, the book, and the Irish financial revolutionsatire and sovereignty in Colonial Ireland /[electronic resource] :Sean D. Moore. - Baltimore :Johns Hopkins University Press,2010. - 1 online resource (xi, 268 p.).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

God knows how we wretches came by that fashionable thing a national debt: the Dublin book trade and the Irish financial revolution -- Banking on print: the Bank of Ireland, the South Sea bubble, and the bailout-- Arachne's bowels: scatology, enlightenment, and Swift's relations with the London book trade -- Money, the great divider of the world, has, by a strange revolution, been the great uniter of a most divided people: from minting to printing in the Drapier's letters -- Devouring posterity: a modest proposal, empire, and Ireland's debt of the nation -- Amart of literature: the 1730sand the rise of a literary public spherein Ireland -- Epilogue: a brand identity crisis in a national literature?

In the 1700s, not all revolutions involved combat. Jonathan Swift, proving the pen is mightier than the sword, wrote scathing satires of England and, by so doing, fostered a growing sense of Irishness among thepeople who lived on the large island to the left of London. This senseof Irish nationalism, Moore argues, led to a greater sense of being independent from the mainland and, in what might be a surprise, more autonomy for Ireland than one might imagine. And so, when the good times rolled, Ireland got to keep much of its newly generated wealth. This was in sharp contrast to another British territory, consisting of thirteen colonies, where taxes tended to be increased with somewhat unpleasant consequences. What begins with a look at Swift's satiric writings ends up being a fascinating study of Colonialism and post-Colonialism--ever asubject of interest--allowing thoughtful and provocative insights intoIrish and American history.

ISBN: 9780801899249 (electronic bk.)Subjects--Personal Names:

860139
Swift, Jonathan,
1667-1745--KnowledgeSubjects--Topical Terms:

948705
Book industries and trade
--History.--IrelandSubjects--Geographical Terms:

798848
Ireland
--Church history

LC Class. No.: PR3728.S2 / M66 2010

Dewey Class. No.: 828/.509

Swift, the book, and the Irish financial revolution = satire and sovereignty in Colonial Ireland /
LDR:02714cam a22003134a 4500 001 769096
003 BmJHUP
005 20130419142143.0
006 m f d u
007 cr un uuauu
008 140117s2010 mdu sb 001 0 eng d
010 $z 2009052388
020 $a 9780801899249 (electronic bk.)
020 $a 0801899249 (electronic bk.)
020 $a 9780801895074 (hbk.)
020 $a 0801895073 (hbk.)
035 $a MUSE101247
040 $a MdBmJHUP $c MdBmJHUP
041 0 $a eng
043 $a e-ie--- $a e-uk---
050 0 0 $a PR3728.S2 $b M66 2010
082 0 0 $a 828/.509 $2 22
100 1 $a Moore, Sean D. $3 948704
245 1 0 $a Swift, the book, and the Irish financial revolution $h [electronic resource] : $b satire and sovereignty in Colonial Ireland / $c Sean D. Moore.
260 $a Baltimore : $b Johns Hopkins University Press, $c 2010. $e (Baltimore, Md.: $f Project MUSE, $g 2013)
300 $a 1 online resource (xi, 268 p.).
504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $a God knows how we wretches came by that fashionable thing a national debt: the Dublin book trade and the Irish financial revolution -- Banking on print: the Bank of Ireland, the South Sea bubble, and the bailout-- Arachne's bowels: scatology, enlightenment, and Swift's relations with the London book trade -- Money, the great divider of the world, has, by a strange revolution, been the great uniter of a most divided people: from minting to printing in the Drapier's letters -- Devouring posterity: a modest proposal, empire, and Ireland's debt of the nation -- Amart of literature: the 1730sand the rise of a literary public spherein Ireland -- Epilogue: a brand identity crisis in a national literature?
520 $a In the 1700s, not all revolutions involved combat. Jonathan Swift, proving the pen is mightier than the sword, wrote scathing satires of England and, by so doing, fostered a growing sense of Irishness among thepeople who lived on the large island to the left of London. This senseof Irish nationalism, Moore argues, led to a greater sense of being independent from the mainland and, in what might be a surprise, more autonomy for Ireland than one might imagine. And so, when the good times rolled, Ireland got to keep much of its newly generated wealth. This was in sharp contrast to another British territory, consisting of thirteen colonies, where taxes tended to be increased with somewhat unpleasant consequences. What begins with a look at Swift's satiric writings ends up being a fascinating study of Colonialism and post-Colonialism--ever asubject of interest--allowing thoughtful and provocative insights intoIrish and American history.
588 $a Description based on print version record.
600 1 0 $a Swift, Jonathan, $d 1667-1745 $x Knowledge $x Science. $3 860139
650 0 $a Book industries and trade $z Ireland $x History. $3 948705
650 0 $a National characteristics, Irish. $3 939843
650 0 $a English literature $x Irish authors $x History and criticism. $3 567862
650 0 $a Satire, English $x History and criticism. $3 571686
651 0 $a Ireland $x Church history $x 16th century. $3 798848
710 2 $a Project Muse. $3 943849
856 4 0 $z Full text available: $u http://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780801899249/