Jonathan Swift (1667 - 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. Swift is remembered for works such as A Tale of a Tub (1704), An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity (1712), Gulliver's Travels (1726) and A Modest Proposal (1729). He is regarded by the Encyclopædia Britannica as the foremost prose satirist in the English language and is less well known for his poetry. He originally published all of his works under pseudonyms - such as Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, the Drapier - or anonymously. He was a master of two styles of satire, the Horatian and Juvenalian styles. His deadpan, ironic writing style, particularly in A Modest Proposal, has led to such satire being subsequently termed "Swiftian".
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General editors' preface Chronology Introduction A Meditation upon a Broom-stick A Tritical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind Predictions for the Year 1708 The Accomplishment of the First of Mr Bickerstaff's Predictions A Vindication of Isaac Bickerstaff Esq. A Famous Prediction of Merlin, the British Wizard Tatler no. 230 Harrison's Tatler no. 5 Harrison's Tatler no. 20 A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue A Modest Defence of Punning Hints towards an Essay on Conversation On Good-Manners and Good-Breeding Hints on Good Manners The Last Speech and Dying Words of Ebenezor Ellison Of the Education of Ladies A History of Poetry A Discourse to Prove the Antiquity of the English Tongue On Barbarous Denominations in Ireland Polite Conversation Directions to Servants General Textual Introduction and Textual Accounts of Individual Works Associated Materials: I. April Fool's Joke II. Specimens of Irish English III. Laws for the Dean's Servants IV. Duty of Servants at Inns V. Notes for Polite Conversation VI. Fragment of a Preface for Directions to Servants Appendices: A. A Dialogue in the Castilian Language B. The Dying Speech of Tom Ashe C. To my lord High Admirall. The Humble petition of the Doctor D. 'Squire Bickerstaff Detected E. An Answer to Bickerstaff F. The Publisher to the Reader G. The Attribution to Swift of Further Tatlers and Spectators H. The Attribution to Swift of A Letter of Advice to a Young Poet I. The Last Farewell of Ebenezor Elliston J. A Consultation of Four Physicians, upon a Lord that was Dying K. A Certificate to a Discarded Servant Bibliography Index.
General editors' preface Chronology Introduction A Meditation upon a Broom-stick A Tritical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind Predictions for the Year 1708 The Accomplishment of the First of Mr Bickerstaff's Predictions A Vindication of Isaac Bickerstaff Esq. A Famous Prediction of Merlin, the British Wizard Tatler no. 230 Harrison's Tatler no. 5 Harrison's Tatler no. 20 A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue A Modest Defence of Punning Hints towards an Essay on Conversation On Good-Manners and Good-Breeding Hints on Good Manners The Last Speech and Dying Words of Ebenezor Ellison Of the Education of Ladies A History of Poetry A Discourse to Prove the Antiquity of the English Tongue On Barbarous Denominations in Ireland Polite Conversation Directions to Servants General Textual Introduction and Textual Accounts of Individual Works Associated Materials: I. April Fool's Joke II. Specimens of Irish English III. Laws for the Dean's Servants IV. Duty of Servants at Inns V. Notes for Polite Conversation VI. Fragment of a Preface for Directions to Servants Appendices: A. A Dialogue in the Castilian Language B. The Dying Speech of Tom Ashe C. To my lord High Admirall. The Humble petition of the Doctor D. 'Squire Bickerstaff Detected E. An Answer to Bickerstaff F. The Publisher to the Reader G. The Attribution to Swift of Further Tatlers and Spectators H. The Attribution to Swift of A Letter of Advice to a Young Poet I. The Last Farewell of Ebenezor Elliston J. A Consultation of Four Physicians, upon a Lord that was Dying K. A Certificate to a Discarded Servant Bibliography Index.
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