4 edition of Selected essays and other short pieces of Jonathan Swift found in the catalog.
Selected essays and other short pieces of Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift
Published
1931
by J. Cape in London
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Written in
Edition Notes
| Statement | with an introduction by Charles Davies. |
| Series | The travellers" library |
| Contributions | Davies, Charles. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | PR3722 .D3 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | 287 p. |
| Number of Pages | 287 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL6308816M |
| LC Control Number | 34023628 |
| OCLC/WorldCa | 1663625 |
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by JONATHAN SWIFT. CASSELL & COMPANY, Limited: london, paris, new york & melbourne. INTRODUCTION. Jonathan Swift was born inon the 30th of November. Jonathan Swift (30 November – 19 October ) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who becameDean of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin.
Swift is remembered for works such as Gulliver’s Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Journal to Stella, Drapier’s Letters, The Battle of the Books, An Argument Against. Jonathan Swift () was an Irish cleric, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for Whigs then for Tories), and poet.
He is probably the foremost prose satirist in the English language, and is less well known for his poetry. Swift pu. In A Modest Proposal the author, Jonathan Swift, uses techniques such as irony, satire, and sarcasm by teasing the Irish government. A Modest Proposal was a tough social explanation.
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This list may not reflect recent changes (). Widely regarded as one of the most brilliant pieces of political satire ever published, "A Modest Proposal" is Jonathan Swift's merciless skewering of England's treatment of Ireland's impoverished population in the eighteenth century.
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Swift is best known for Gulliver's Travels and A Modest originally published all of his Works under pseudonyms – such as Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac.The Online Books Page. Online Books by. Jonathan Swift (Swift, Jonathan, ) Online books about this author are available, as is a Wikipedia article.
Swift, Jonathan, The Battle of the Books (annotated) (HTML at ) Swift, Jonathan, The Battle of the Books, and Other Short Pieces, ed. by Henry Morley (Gutenberg text).Jonathan Swift () was born in Dublin. His father, Jonathan Swift Sr., a lawyer and an English civil servant, died seven month's before his son was born.
Abigail Erick, Swift's mother, was left without private income to support her family. Swift was taken or "stolen" to England by his nurse, and at the age of four he was sent back to.
