Swift and Sheridan's twenty Intelligencer papers were published in 1728 and 1729 but, except for the first, without specific dates of publication. These essays and poems reflect their contemporary Dublin contexts, and it is not only desirable but possible, using a combination of internal and external evidence, to date them. Determining the Intelligencer's chronology permits new access to its rich topicality and to its potential for illuminating other work by Swift.
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