Jonathan Swift
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- Swift, Jonathan
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- Date of birth
- 1667-11-30
- Place of birth
- Ireland
- Date of death
- 1745-10-19
- Place of death
- Ireland
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Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift".
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. He originally published all of his works under pseudonyms—including Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, M. B. 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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Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet and cleric.Last modified: 2020-10-11 (revision #32116)
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| Name | Format | ISBN | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Œuvres | Hardcover | 9782070105441 | 1965-10-27 |
| Gulliver’s Travels | eBook | ? | 2019-10-22 |
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- 2023-08-01