A Modest Proposal And Polite Conversation: Jonathan Swift (Quirky Classics) - Softcover

Swift, Jonathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1847497470 ISBN 13: 9781847497475

Verlag: Alma Ltd, 2018

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Reseña del editor

In response to the dire economic conditions in eighteenth-century Ireland, A Modest Proposal ironically exhorts the poor to provide their offspring as food to the rich. Skilfully applying a wealth of classical rhetorical techniques, Swift's satirical tour de force takes a savage swipe at the selfishness of the ruling classes and the heartlessness of the various utilitarian solutions put forward by contemporary thinkers. In addition to this seminal piece, this volume includes other humorous and polemical writings - which, taken together, provide an invaluable introduction to Swift as a master satirist and pamphleteer.

Biografía del autor

Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer of prose, poetry, essays and political pamphlets, and is probably the best-known satirist in the English language. His novel Gulliver's Travels is one of the landmarks of world literature.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Alma Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1847497470
• ISBN 13: 9781847497475
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 128