| Essays in Eighteenth-Century English Literature Subjects: English literature -- 18th century -- History and criticism -- Addresses essays lectures; Swift Jonathan 1667-1745 -- Criticism and interpretation -- Addresses essays lectures; This volume contains a selection of the major essays written over a period of three decades by a distinguished scholar of eighteenth-century English literature. In each essay, Professor Landa attempts to show how cultural and intellectual assumptions and presuppositions of the age have been assimilated into the literary works. |