Jonathan Swift

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

""A Discourse Concerning The Mechanical Operation Of The Spirit"" is a philosophical treatise written by the renowned author, Jonathan Swift. In this book, Swift delves into the nature of the human spirit and its relationship with the physical world. He argues that the spirit...

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Published posthumously in 1766, A Journal to Stella by Jonathan Swift is a complete collection consisting of sixty-five letters he wrote to Esther Johnson, whom he bestowed the name of Stella. It is known that Stella is the name Swift gave to Esther Johnson....

Author: Jonathan SwiftISBN-10: 1258121050ISBN-13: 9781258121051Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/15/2011Pages: 26Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.11lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.05d

""A Libel On Dr. D...Ny, And A Certain Great Lord"" is a satirical pamphlet written by Jonathan Swift in 1730. The book is a scathing attack on Dr. D...Ny, a physician and politician, and a certain great lord, whose identity is not explicitly revealed...

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...

Do you want to read A Modest Proposal? If so then keep reading...From the master of satire, Jonathan Swift, comes a collection of his classic satirical works. "A Modest Proposal" includes the following works: A Tale of a Tub, The Battle of the Books,...

This essay is widely held to be one of the greatest examples of sustained irony in the history of the English language. Much of its shock value derives from the fact that the first portion of the essay describes the plight of starving beggars...

An unabridged edition of Swift's 18th century, satirical classicAuthor: Jonathan SwiftISBN-10: 1603863559ISBN-13: 9781603863551Publisher: Watchmaker PublishingLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/28/2010Pages: 28Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.09lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.07d

Do you want to read A Modest Proposal? If so then keep reading...From the master of satire, Jonathan Swift, comes a collection of his classic satirical works. "A Modest Proposal" includes the following works: A Tale of a Tub, The Battle of the Books,...

A Modest Proposal is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729. Swift suggests that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food for rich gentlemen and ladies. This satirical hyperbole mocked heartless...

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, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by...

"A young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricasee, or a ragoust." Jonathan Swift's 1729 pamphlet...

A new edition of Jonthan Swift's important work.Author: Jonathan SwiftISBN-10: 1453691693ISBN-13: 9781453691694Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 07/06/2010Pages: 26Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.08lbsSize: 7.99h x 5.24w x 0.05d

A MODEST PROPOSAL For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland,
from being a burden on their parents or country,
and for making them beneficial to the publick. by Jonathan Swift 1729Author: Jonathan SwiftISBN-10: 1480261181ISBN-13: 9781480261181Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/06/2012Pages: 46Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.18lbsSize:...

Possibly Swift's most well-known essay, A Modest Proposal is a satirical essay and a humorous read for those interested.Author: Jonathan SwiftISBN-10: 1495966860ISBN-13: 9781495966866Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/16/2014Pages: 34Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.13lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.07d

"Whoever could find out a fair, cheap and easy method of making these children sound and useful members of the common-wealth, would deserve so well of the public, as to have his statue set up for a preserver of the nation."― Jonathan Swift, A...

It is a melancholy object to those, who walk through this great town, or travel in the country, when they see the streets, the roads and cabbin-doors crowded with beggars of the female sex, followed by three, four, or six children, all in rags,...

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, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by...

Two of Jonathan Swift's most famous works, A Modest Proposal is a satirical essay and A Tale of a Tub is his first major work; as one of the world's foremost satirists, it is worth reading Swift to understand what made him so great.Author:...

Brought together here in this volume is a classic collection of satirical works from Jonathan Swift, perhaps one of the greatest satirist in the English language. While Swift is probably best known for his novel "Gulliver's Travels", he was a brilliant satirist with a...

First published anonymously in 1729, 'A Modest Proposal and Other Stories' is a Juvenalian satirical essay by Jonathan Swift, an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer, poet, and Anglican cleric. Swift is assumably the greatest prose satirist in the English language and is less well...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

It is a melancholy object to those, who walk through this great town, or travel in the country, when they see the streets, the roads and cabbin-doors crowded with beggars of the female sex, followed by three, four, or six children, all in rags,...

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...

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, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by...

Jonathan Swift thought that England's anti-poverty proposals were so outrageously evil that nothing short of an absurd parody of them would suffice. His "Modest Proposal: For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland from being a burden on their parents or country, and...

Author: Jonathan SwiftISBN-10: 3368341766ISBN-13: 9783368341763Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/06/2023Pages: 202Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.60lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.46d

Author: Jonathan SwiftISBN-10: 3368341774ISBN-13: 9783368341770Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 03/06/2023Pages: 202Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.03lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.63d

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions...

From the author responsible for the satirical work of genius, A Modest Proposal, Jonathan Swift's A Tale of a Tub is an allegorical work that follows three brothers after the event of their father's death. When their father, who meant to be God, dies,...

From the author responsible for the satirical work of genius, A Modest Proposal, Jonathan Swift's A Tale of a Tub is an allegorical work that follows three brothers after the event of their father's death. When their father, who meant to be God, dies,...

Swift's allegorical satire about religion and politics follows the lives of three brothers, Martin, Peter and Jack, who each represent a faction of the Christian faith--Anglicanism, Roman Catholicism, and the Dissenting faiths respectively. Each brother inherits a coat (representing religious practice) from their father...

Published anonymously in 1704, this prose satire by the author of Gulliver's Travels presents a story of three brothers, each symbolizing a Christian sect, and an unrelated series of digressions. The "tale" portion centers on Peter, Martin, and Jack, who respectively represent Roman Catholicism,...

"A Tale of a Tub" is a satirical work written by Jonathan Swift, published in 1704. It consists of three main sections. The first section tells an allegorical story about three brothers, Peter, Martin, and Jack, symbolizing different branches of Christianity. Through their adventures,...

This edition of A Tale of a Tub by Jonathan Swift is given by Golden - Million Book EditionAuthor: Jonathan SwiftISBN-10: 1604508787ISBN-13: 9781604508789Publisher: Serenity Publishers, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/29/2011Pages: 118Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.40lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.28d

This vintage book contains Jonathan Swift's 1704 satire, "A Tale of a Tub". The first major work that he wrote, it is a prose parody about two brothers who are each representative of the chief aspects of western Christianity. It mainly deals with the...

This volume includes "The Battle of the Books" and "The Mechanical Operation of the Spirit", both which accompanied "A Tale of a Tub" on its first publication in 1704. About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest...

This volume contains the three works which together make up Jonathan Swift's early satiric and intellectual masterpiece, A Tale of a Tub: the Tale itself, The Battel of the Books, and The Mechanical Operation of the Spirit. Incorporating much new knowledge, this 2010 edition...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...

Author: Jonathan SwiftISBN-10: 3368335162ISBN-13: 9783368335168Publisher: Outlook VerlagLanguage: EnglishPublished: 01/16/2023Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.57lbsSize: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.44d