The first study of Swift to provide a detailed critical analysis of his writing for postgraduates and researchers Covers Swift’s work as a whole, and works systematically and chronologically through his writing, to claim Swift as one of the most important authors of his generation Accessibly Written, and provides a full introductory overview of Swift’s work Contextualises Swift in ongoing debates about contemporary literature, and offers new ways of reading him Moves away from the traditional conception of Swift as a postmodernist