Death Becomes Her: Figuration and Decay in Swift's "Birthday Poems" to Stella.
The article offers poetry criticism of the poetry collection "Birthday Poems" by Jonathan Swift. It comments on Swift's relationship with Esther Johnson, whom he nicknamed "Stella," and whom he mentored while he was secretary to sir William Temple. It talks about the complexity of Swift's poem "On S...
| Published in: | Eighteenth Century: Theory & Interpretation Vol. 51; no. 4; pp. 431 - 451 |
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