Cadenus and Swift's Most Valuable Friend: Reassessment of the Relationships Between Swift, Stella and Vanessa

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Cadenus" is primarily concerned with the relationship between Swift and Vanessa (Esther Van Homrigh), "Swift's Most Valuable Friend" with that between Swift and Stella (Esther Johnson). Both help to determine the precise nature of this triangle, and the impact it had on his writing and career.
These books are being reissued as they appeared in the first Dolmen Press editions in one composite volume, with a valuable, contexual introduction by 18th-century Swift scholar Andrew Carpenter. He assesses the reaction of Swift's serious biographers and commentators to the original publication. "Cadenus" is primarily concerned with the relationship between Swift and Vanessa (Esther Van Homrigh), "Swift's Most Valuable Friend" with that between Swift and Stella (Esther Johnson). Both help to determine the precise nature of this triangle, and the impact it had on his writing and career.
SYBIL LE BROCQUY (1892-1973), Irish playwright, conservationist and mother of the painter Louis le Brocquy, was immersed in the arts and an acknowledged expert on the life and work of Jonathan Swift. During her lifetime she wrote four books on Swift, published by Liam Miller's Dolmen Press.


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