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| - | '''Jonathan Swift''' ([[November 30]], [[1667]] – [[October 19]], [[1745]]) was an [[Irish people|Irish]] [[cleric]], [[satire|satirist]], [[essay]]ist, political [[pamphleteer]] (first for Whigs then for Tories), and [[poet]], famous for works like ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'' and ''[[A Modest Proposal]]''. Swift is probably the foremost prose satirist in the [[English language]], although he is less well known for his [[poetry]]. | + | |
| + | '''Jonathan Swift''' (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an [[Anglo-Irish]] [[satire | satirist]], [[essay]]ist, political [[pamphleteer]] (first for the [[Whig (British political faction)| Whigs]], then for the [[Tory_(British_political_party)#1678–1760| Tories]]), poet and cleric who became [[Dean (Christianity)| Dean]] of [[St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin]]. | ||
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| + | He 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 Abolishing Christianity]]'', and ''[[A Tale of a Tub]]''. Swift is probably the foremost prose satirist in the [[English language]], and is less well known for his [[poetry]]. Swift originally published all of his works under [[pseudonym]]s – such as [[Lemuel Gulliver]], [[Isaac Bickerstaff]], [[Drapier's Letters |MB Drapier]] – or anonymously. He is also known for being a master of two styles of satire: the [[Satire#Horatian_vs_Juvenalian|Horatian and Juvenalian]] styles. | ||
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| + | *[[Poor Richard's Almanack#Poor Richard|Poor Richard's Almanack]] | ||
| + | *[[Sweetness and light]] | ||
| *[[The Battle of the Books]] | *[[The Battle of the Books]] | ||
| *[[A Modest Proposal]] | *[[A Modest Proposal]] | ||
| - | [[Category:Anthology of Black Humor|Swift, Jonathan]] | ||
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Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.
He 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 Abolishing Christianity, and A Tale of a Tub. Swift is probably the foremost prose satirist in the English language, and is less well known for his poetry. Swift originally published all of his works under pseudonyms – such as Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, MB Drapier – or anonymously. He is also known for being a master of two styles of satire: the Horatian and Juvenalian styles.
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