Abstract
dc:description.abstractIn the decade, 1701-1711, Jonathan Swift established his reputation as a writer. His first political tract, Contests and Dissentions (1701), was the only work in which he fully supported the Whig Party. In his next tracts, published in 1708, Swift, though nominally still a Whig, was beginning to entertain doubts about his party's position on religion. These doubts culminated in Swift's abandonment of the Whigs in 1710, and his realignment with the Tories. His first journalistic effort for the Tories was the Examiner, a Tory periodical. Swift's task was to defend Robert Harley's coalition Ministry, and to castigate the late Whig Administration. His success was largely a result of his brilliant use of satire. The climax of Swift's Tory journalism came with the publishing of The Conduct of the Allies in November, 1711. In this tract Swift listed the Tory position for peace in the War of Spanish Succession and denounced the great Duke of Marlborough. Swift's work was partially responsible for the subsequent peace and the dismissal of Marlborough.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- M.A.
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Masters
- Grantor
- Baylor University.
- Year dc:date.issued
- 1967
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Lightfoot, John Ewell, 1944-
- Advisor dc:contributor.advisor
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- Payne Caskey, Edna.
Subjects
dc:subject × 1Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- Baylor University works are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. Contact libraryquestions@baylor.edu for inquiries about permission.
- Language dc:language.iso
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Handle dc:identifier.uri
- https://hdl.handle.net/2104/14402
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:baylor-ir.tdl.org:2104/14402