Reception of Jonathan Swift in Europe

Hermann J. Real is Professor of English at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster, and Director of the Ehrenpreis Centre for Swift Studies.

Reference & Research Book News, August 2006 -- mention 'a worthy concept.' ~ Adam Rounce, SHARP, 2006 "This book is genuinely impressive as an index of the speed and extent to which Swift's reputation spread throughout his career and especially after his death...a remarkably valuable book indeed." -- Robert Mahony, Irish Studies Review 'This is an important pioneering work...The extensive bibliography, which minutely documents the translations, adaptations and critical articles in the various countries, is as praiseworthy as the wide-ranging and helpful Timeline. The Reception of Jonathan Swift in Europe represents an important and competent reference work for all future research on Swift on the European continent.' Ralf Haekel, Das Achtzehntes Jahrhundert (The Eighteenth Century), 31 -- Ralf Haekel, Das Achtzehntes Jahrhundert (The Eighteenth Century) "It is an indispensable reference text not only for reception study, but also for the many insights of European scholars who have discovered unexpected translations of Gulliver's Travels and who have mined early encyclopedias, correspondences, and journals for commentary on Swift as a man, author, Irish patriot, husband, lover...A concise overview by Mr. Real and an illuminating Timeline...it is a volume that one goes to with a specific interest." - The Scriblerian and the Kit-Cats -- Manuel Schonhorn Book review in - Etudes Irlandaises, Printemps 20065, No. 31.1 Etudes Irlandaises

• AcknowledgementsList of ContributorsAbbreviationsTimeline: European Reception of Jonathan SwiftIntroduction, Hermann J. Real1. Swift's First Voyages to Europe: His Impact on Eighteenth-Century France, Wilhelm Graeber2. The Italian Reception of Swift, Flavio Gregori3. Swift's Horses in the Land of the Caballeros, José Louis Chamosa4. A Lusitanian Dish: Swift to Portugese Taste, Jorge Miguel Bastos da Silva5. The Dean's Voyages into Germany, Astrid Krake, Hermann J. Real, and Marie-Luise Spieckermann6. Swiftian Presence in Scandinavia: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Nils Hartmann7. No Swift Beyond Gulliver: Notes on the Polish Reception, Michael Düring8. From Russian 'Sviftovedenie' to the Soviet School of Swift Criticism: The Dean's Fate in Russia, Michael Düring9. Detecting Swift in the Czech Lands, Michael Düring 10. The Dean in Hungary, Gabriella Hartvig11. Swift's Impact on Bulgaria, Filipina Filipova12. From the Infantile to the Subversive: Swift's Romanian Adventures, Mihaela Mudure13. Swiftian Material Culture, Sabine BaltesBibliographyIndex