Jonathan Swift
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- | [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] | + | '''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]]'', ''[[A Modest Proposal]]'', ''A Journal to Stella'', ''[[The Drapier's Letters]]'', ''[[The Battle of the Books]]'', and ''[[A Tale of a Tub]]''. Swift is probably the foremost prose satirist in the [[English language]], although he is less well known for his [[poetry]].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/{{PAGENAMEE}}] [Apr 2007] |
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Jonathan Swift (November 30, 1667 – October 19, 1745) was an Irish cleric, satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for Whigs then for Tories), and poet, famous for works like Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Journal to Stella, The Drapier's Letters, The Battle of the Books, and A Tale of a Tub. Swift is probably the foremost prose satirist in the English language, although he is less well known for his poetry.[1] [Apr 2007]