A modest proposal and other satirical works (Dover thrift editions)
by Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745.
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Summary
The originality, concentrated power and <U+2018>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, shorte... Full description
- The battle of the books (1697)
- A meditation upon a broomstick (1701)
- A discourse concerning the mechanical operation of the spirit (1704)
- An argument against abolishing Christianity in England (1708)
- A modest proposal (1729).