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Baltes-Ellermann, Sabine (Ed.)

Jonathan Swifts allies. The woods halfpence controversy in Ireland, 1724-1725. M�nsteraner Monographien zur englischen Literatur vol. 38.

Frankfurt am Main - Bern - Wien : Peter Lang Edition, 2017.,

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ISBN
9783631679104
Author
Baltes-Ellermann, Sabine (Ed.)
Publishers
Frankfurt am Main, Bern, Wien : Peter Lang Edition, 2017.
Size
Second revised and augmented edition 538 S. Originalhardcover.
Keyword
Swift, Jonathan, Irland, M�nzrecht, Literatur, Geschichte 1722-1725, Wirtschaft, Englische Literatur
Dust jacket
No
Languages
English
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

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Ein gutes und sauberes Exemplar. - The patent for coining copper money granted by King George I to the English manufacturer William Wood aroused nationwide protest in Ireland. It led to the publication of Jonathan Swift�s �Drapier�s Letters�, in which the Dean of St. Patrick�s Cathedral, Dublin, attacked both the patent and England�s Irish policy. But this is not the whole story. This annotated edition contains more than 100 pamphlets, declarations, poems, and songs that were published during the dispute. Most of the reproduced texts are extremely rare and have hitherto lain dormant in various libraries. They illustrate that the protest was in fact carried on by the Irish population at large, who regarded the coinage scheme as a severe intrusion into the nation�s circulating cash which threatened to ruin the country�s economy ISBN 9783631679104