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A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works

Jonathan Swift

Paperback | Pages: 64 pages

Rating: 4.05 | 14187 Users | 182 Reviews

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Original Title:	A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works
ISBN:	0486287599 (ISBN13: 9780486287591)
Edition Language:	English

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The originality, concentrated power and ‘fierce indignation’ of his satirical writing have earned Jonathan Swift a reputation as the greatest prose satirist in English literature. Gulliver’s Travels is, of course, his world renowned masterpiece in the genre; however, Swift wrote other, shorter works that also offer excellent evidence of his inspired lampoonery. Perhaps the most famous of these is A Modest Proposal, in which he straight-facedly suggests that Ireland could solve its hunger problems by using its children for food. Also included in this collection are The Battle of Books, A Meditation upon a Broomstick, A Discourse Concerning the Mechanical Operations of the Spirit and An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity in England.
This inexpensive edition will certainly be welcomed by teachers and students of English literature, but its appeal extends to any reader who delights in watching a master satirist wield words as weapons.

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Title	:	A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works
Author	:	Jonathan Swift
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 64 pages
Published	:	February 2nd 1996 by Dover Publications (first published 1729)
Categories	:	Classics. Fiction. Humor. Literature

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When one hears 'Swift', Gulliver's Travels usually comes to mind and that was an exceptional work of literature, so I think I'll experience him from a satirical angle.Actually I ended up listening to this work (having acquired an audio version). Yes I admire Swift's irony in relation to every day situations, though it may seem a bit harsh, the method may at times be the only means of effectivly relating a message.

Satire and wit packaged in an absurd story. Had me perplexed and amused at the same time.

At first I thought oh my lord hes not even joking..... I mean people have suggested crazier things. But oh, the glorious satire against the political state in Ireland at that time is palpable. Good show.

Swift's satiric proposal that Ireland solve overpopulation and hunger by literally eating their young. Still bristles.

The author does well with showing his reasons for his proposal. But if it were up to me I would make it a bit more interesting by telling maybe a negative to it to show an understanding for people who dont agree with him. Im not sure if he was actually serious, but if he was serious about it, some of his reasons were very realistic.

A Modest Proposal was great. So were the rules for servants. Jonathan Swift is a master satirist. But a lot of the accompanying papers were snores--inside jokes, and even languages, with friends. So, 4 stars to the funny papers, and 2 stars to the boring letters, with an average of 3 stars.

'A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People From Being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick' was published anonymously in 1729. These were bad years in Ireland three failed harvests were followed by poverty and disease. 'A modest proposal... ' lays bare the politics and prejudice of the time. The structure of the pamphlet imitates the pamphlets being published which offered up serious proposals to the crisis.The shocking