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A Modest Proposal: And Other Writings (Quirky Classics) - Softcover

Swift, Jonathan

 
9781847497475: A Modest Proposal: And Other Writings (Quirky Classics)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1847497470 ISBN 13: 9781847497475
Verlag: Alma Classics, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

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.

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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.

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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 a number of other humorous and polemical writings - including 'A Short View of the State of Ireland' and 'A Meditation upon a Broomstick' which, taken together, provide an invaluable introduction to Swift as a master satirist and pamphleteer.

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Verlag
Alma Classics
Erscheinungsdatum
2019
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1847497470
ISBN 13 
9781847497475
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Taschenbuch
Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
123
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