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A Modest Proposal and Other Satires - Couverture souple

Swift, Jonathan

 
9781420961188: A Modest Proposal and Other Satires
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1420961187 ISBN 13 : 9781420961188
Editeur : Digireads.com Publishing, 2019

Synopsis

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 cutting wit and mastery of language. His skills with the pen, which made him both famous and feared by the powerful, can be seen in “A Modest Proposal”. Swift’s famous essay, originally published anonymously in 1729, suggests that the poor in Ireland could best solve their problems by selling their children as food to the rich. Swift’s outrageous hyperbole was used as powerful social commentary and was directed at the rich and powerful and their heartless treatment of the poor and destitute. Also included in this collection is “A Tale of the Tub”, a prose parody of the moral and ethical aspects of the English religious and political life of Swift’s time, which was widely misunderstood and consequently damaging to his reputation. “A Modest Proposal and Other Satires” is a collection of nine essays in total which provide a representative selection of Swift’s satirical gift. This edition in printed on premium acid-free paper.

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Éditeur
Digireads.com Publishing
Date d'édition
2019
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1420961187
ISBN 13 
9781420961188
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
160
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