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Modest Proposal eBook

by Jonathan Swift
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Publisher: Read Books Ltd., August of 2018 ‧
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Read & Co. Great Essays presents this brand new edition of Jonathan Swift''s satirical essay, "A Modest Proposal" (1729). Referring to the worsening state of poverty amongst families and children in Ireland at the time, Swift’s proposal is to solve the problem by feeding the children of the poor to the rich. Throughout the text he uses statistics, data, and various methods - including recipes - to evidence the economic viability of his suggestion. The essay was received with humour, yet Swift’s powerful critique of social welfare and political injustice is clear. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was a prolific writer, poet and political pamphleteer, born into the Anglo-Irish ruling class. He is most remembered for his scathing satirical style and other famous works: "A Tale of a Tub" (1704) and "Gulliver’s Travels" (1726).

Modest Proposal

by Jonathan Swift

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ISBN: 9781528785846
Publisher: Read Books Ltd.
Release Date: August of 2018
Language: English
Format: eBook
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Categories: eBooks in English > Faith & Religion > Morality and Ethics
eBooks in English > Social Sciences and Humanities > Sociology
EAN: 9781528785846
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Jonathan Swift

Escritor irlandês. Nasceu em 1667 e faleceu em 1745. Estudou na Universidade de Dublin, doutorando-se em Teologia em 1694. Sempre observando as grandes correntes políticas da época, publicou o seu primeiro panfleto de intervenção em 1701. Sentindo-se cada vez mais atraído pela política, tornou-se um conselheiro escutado por todos e ocupou-se activamente de política externa. Em 1713, foi nomeado Deão da Catedral de S. Patrício, em Dublin. A sua obra é vastíssima, entre textos de intervenção, sátiras, ficção e poemas, destacando-se A Tale of the Tub (1704), The Public Spirit of the Whigs (1714), Drapier's Letters (1724-1725) e Gulliver's Travels (As Viagens de Gulliver,1726).

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