A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works (Dover Thrift Editions)
Language: English
Published by Dover Publications, 1996
- Softcover
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- Title
- A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works (Dover Thrift Editions)
- Author
- Jonathan Swift
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Publication year
- 1996
- Condition
- Good
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0486287599
- ISBN 13
- 9780486287591
Gulliver's Travels is, of course, his world-renowned masterpiece in the genre; however, Swift wrote other, shorter works that also offer excellent evidence of his inspired lampoonery. Perhaps the most famous of these is "A Modest Proposal," in which he straight-facedly suggests that Ireland could solve its hunger problems by using its children for food. Also included in this collection are "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." This inexpensive edition will certainly be welcomed by teachers and students of English literature, but its appeal extends to any reader who delights in watching a master satirist wield words as weapons.
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