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Provides reference information on the life and work of Jonathan Swift, featuring a concise biography of the author, followed by alphabetical listings that include commentaries on his poems and prose writings, profiles of his characters, family members, and people in his social circle, and discussion of related topics and themes.

Profiles twenty important works of British literature, including novels, poems, and plays, analyzing them, describing their impact and influence, and providing an author chronology and bibliographies for each. This volume includes Donne's "Holy Sonnets, " Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales, " and Austen's "Emma.".

A biography of the life and works of author and poet Jonathan Swift describing how his many writings became a parody of the political and social issues of his day.

A memoir in which the author draws from a diary he kept as a young boy to tell the story of his life with his family in Ireland.

Traces the life and career of Oscar Wilde from his boyhood in Dublin to his tragic death in exile at age forty-six.

Christy Brown recounts his childhood struggle with cerebral palsy and his struggle to learn to read, write, paint and type with the toe of his left foot. In this manner, he wrote his bestselling books.

A biography of the Irish genius relating details of his life to the substance of his books.