Jonathan Swift, The Conduct of the Allies

Pat Rogers (University of South Florida)

Ed. by Nicholas Seager, University of Keele
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.05: English Writing and Culture from the Glorious Revolution to the French Revolution, 1689-1789.
Vol. editors: Paul Baines (University of Liverpool), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Pat Rogers (University of South Florida), Nicholas Seager (University of Keele)

Domains

Politics

Dates

First circulation or publication 1711

Places

Ireland, Republic of (Eire) (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Non-Fiction
- Pamphlets/ Tracts/ Chapbooks

Resources

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Recommended Reading

Much of Swift’s writing deals at some level with politics: it is sufficient to think of

Gulliver’s Travels

, the

Drapier’s Letters,

and

A Modest Proposal

. However, what may have been the most widely read and influential pamphlet he wrote on issues of immediate topicality is less well known today. This was his manifesto for a peace to bring an end to the long running War of the Spanish Succession, entitled

The Conduct of the Allies

. It was published as an octavo of 96 pages on 27 November 1711, although its title-page bears the date 1712. The imprint is that of the distributor John Morphew, who sent out the bulk of Swift’s polemical materials on behalf of the Tory government, but the main agent seems to have been the printer John Barber (1675-1741), a highly successful businessman…

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Citation: Rogers, Pat. "The Conduct of the Allies". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 21 November 2023 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=1204, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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