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"A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift is a satirical masterpiece that employs biting wit and irony to address the pressing issue of poverty and overpopulation in 18th-century Ireland. Swift's proposal, presented in a straightforward and logical manner, suggests a shocking and absurd solution to the problem: the consumption of infants.
As readers delve into this essay, they quickly realize that Swift's proposal is not to be taken seriously but is...
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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, the three brothers, Peter, Martin and Jack, inherit his will and each receive a decorative coat. Their father also leaves them instruction not to alter these coats in any way because doing so would be...
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This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) is generally acknowledged as the finest satirical writer in the English language, and it is no exaggeration to say, as Harold Bloom does, that he is likely the most "savage and merciless satirist" as well. Although Swift is best known for his longest and most ambitious work, the allegorical fiction Gulliver's Travels, shorter works such...
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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. They met when she was only eight years old and knew each other for the entirety of the rest of their lives. Swift was first a mentor to young Esther. He taught her to read and write then introduced...
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Préparez-vous à vous envoler vers des terres étranges et fantastiques avec "Les Voyages de Gulliver" de Jonathan Swift. Ce livre intemporel vous transporte dans un monde rempli d'aventures incroyables et de rencontres surprenantes. Suivez les péripéties de Lemuel Gulliver, un médecin et marin intrépide, alors qu'il voyage à travers des contrées lointaines et exotiques. Découvrez Lilliput, o il se retrouve géant parmi les minuscules habitants....
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Gulliver, der einzige Überlebende eines Schiffsunglücks, erwacht am Strand einer Insel. Verwundert darüber, sich nicht bewegen zu können, entdeckt er zwergenhafte Menschen, die ihm winzige, aber wirkungsvolle Fesseln angelegt haben. Durch seine immense Größe wird Gulliver bald zum Segen für das Kaiserreich der Winzlinge, doch eine Reihe von Intrigen führen ihn zwischen die Fronten ... "Reise nach Lilliput" ist der erste Teil aus Jonathan Swifts...
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Lemuel Gulliver always dreamed of sailing across the seas, but he never imagined the places his travels would take him. His adventures could be the greatest tales ever told, if he survives long enough to tell them. These reader-favorite tiles are now updated for enhanced Common Core State Standards support, including discussion and writing prompts developed by a Common Core expert, an expanded introduction, bolded glossary words and dynamic new covers....
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En una de las obras literarias más vigentes, a pesar de que fue publicada hace casi 300 años (1726), Johnatan Swift muestra al humano y a la sociedad desde una perspectiva mordaz, crítica y un tanto misántropa. Una visión que refleja cuantas similitudes pueda usted imaginar a la actual realidad, que nos pone a reflexionar acerca de la verdadera naturaleza de nuestra raza. Esta edición -obra completa con los 4 viajes- tiene un lugar fundamental...
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This collection of Jonathan Swift's poetry is separated in three parts, according to their subject matter. The first section are poems addressed to a woman named Stella. Based off a real-life close friend of Swift's, Esther Johnson, the portion of poetry addressed to Stella contain beautiful tributes to this woman, with simple titles such as Stella's Birthday March 13, 1727. However, these poems display a tender amount of intimacy shared between the...
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Entre las reflexiones sociales de Jonathan Swift, que pueden incluso descubrirse insertadas en sus escritos de ficción, Una humilde propuesta destaca por ser una muy indignada defensa de los irlandeses católicos menesterosos a quienes tanto lastimaron los ingleses y las clases altas aliadas de su pueblo aliadas con los ingleses.
En La batalla de los libros existen dos formas de ver el mundo: la tradición de las humanidades frente a una racionalidad...
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When the famed 18th century astrologer, John Partridge, publicly discredited the Christian church, Jonathan Swift developed an immense distaste for the man. Feeling insulted and malicious, Swift decided to celebrate his favorite holiday, All Fools Day, more commonly known as April Fools, while also appeasing his self-appointed feud with Partridge. Under the disguise of a pseudonym, Swift published The Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers as a series of three...
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Jonathan Swift (* 30. November 1667 in Dublin, Königreich Irland; † 19. Oktober 1745 ebenda) war ein irischer Schriftsteller und Satiriker der frühen Aufklärung. Von den frühen schriftstellerischen Versuchen Swifts ist wenig erhalten. Erst nach seiner Rückkehr nach Irland finden sich Schriften, die ihn als den bis heute bekannten Satiriker kennzeichnen. Sein Roman The travels into several remote nations of the world by Lemuel Gulliver (dt....
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Published anonymously in 1729, Jonathan Swift's satirical essay, A Modest Proposal, puts forth the darkly comical idea that the starving poor of Ireland might alleviate their economic condition by selling their children as food for wealthy gentlemen and ladies.
At its core, Swift's Modest Proposal satirizes English exploitation of Ireland in particular and the heartless attitude that rich elites can develop towards the poor in general. Along with...
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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 ideas of religious enthusiasm, pride, and credulity. Published at a time when religion was an intrinsic aspect of politics, the work was widely condemned, with Queen Anne going as far as to call it "profane"....
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Swift also wrote short works, the most famous of these is A Modest Proposal. This book also include 'The Battle of the Books', 'A Meditation upon a Broomstick', 'A Discourse Concerning the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit', and 'An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity in England'.
'A Modest Proposal' puts forth the darkly comical idea that the starving poor of Ireland might alleviate their economic condition by selling their children as food...
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Gulliver - personagem de fábula que salta da imaginação e da pena do seu inventor Jonathan Swift - conta-nos minuciosamente as espantosas aventuras que lhe vão acontecendo quando, através de um mundo como que mitológico, ele vai encontrando e conhecendo os habitantes e a maneira de viver dos países-miniatura de Lilipute e Blefuscu, do domínio dos Brobdingrag ou dos gigantes, da ilha suspensa e giratória de Lapúcia, da Academia dos Balnibarbos,...
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Through the eyes of Lemuel Gulliver, Swift's unforgettable satire takes readers into worlds formerly unimagined. Visit four strange and remarkable lands: Lilliput, where Gulliver seems a giant among a race of tiny people, Brobdingnag, the opposite, where the natives are giants and Gulliver puny, the ruined yet magical country of Laputa, and the home of the Houyhnhnms, gentle horses far superior to the ugly humanoid Yahoos who share their universe....
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A full-color illustrated edition of one of the world's best loved stories. When Lemuel Gulliver, a ship's surgeon, sets off on the high seas in search of adventure, things never seem to go quite according to plan. Through a series of disasters and misadventures, he finds himself cast upon strange islands whose inhabitants are of the most unusual size, and the most confusing philosophies. Gulliver's Travels has been loved by many generations of readers...