I'm teaching Swift's "A Modest Proposal" next week, and I thought it would be cool to look at it on EEBO and maybe show the students.
But I can't seem to get EEBO to find it. I've tried looking under Swift, under the title without Swift's name, under keywords from the title, and so forth. But I haven't had any luck.
And now, of course, I'm completely obsessed. I think we should have a new rule that any early text posted to the web should come with an STC or Wing number so that I can look it up easily!
In lieu of that, however, I'd be grateful if someone with access to Wing or better searching skills on EEBO can help, please. If I can get a Wing number or something, I should be able to get it, assuming it's on EEBO. (It was published in Dublin first, and second, but also eventually in England, but I couldn't find it at all.)
Thanks! (I'd be happy to send a picture postcard from, say, Norwich or somewhere equally exciting to anyone who can help!)
I think it's not on EEBO because it was published after 1700 - the ESTC reckons the first edition was 1729. Hence it won't be in Wing, either.
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It should presumably be on ECCO though, if you have access to that? I don't, so am not able to check myself.
I came here to say what Mercurius did, but I can add that it is on ECCO.
ReplyDeleteIf you have to access ECCO through a proxy server, you can use this document ID to go straight to it: CW3303992719.
Brian
P.S. Did you end up visiting Paris?
Yay you guys! Thanks for reminding me! You would think I'd have thought of that.
ReplyDeleteI haven't made it to Paris YET, but that's the plan for the weekend after Norwich! (For us, it will be a four day weekend!) I'm very excited :)
I don't even know what EEBO is, so I'm no help on that front (and it looks like you got all the help you need anyway). But here's what I was going to say that worked really well last year when I taught Swift: Before they read it, we watched and talked about clips from The Colbert Report, which helped them understand the idea of a persona who's saying something outrageously opposite of what the author actually wants to communicate. That may not be an option in your UK classroom setup, but I thought I'd just pass it along.
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