Jonathan Swift A Modest Proposal
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A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift Annotated Edition
A Modest Proposal and Other Satires is a collection of satirical works of political, social, and religious commentary by Jonathan Swift. The most famous of his essays--perhaps the most famous essay of satire in the English language--is "A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland from Being a Burden to Their Parents of Country; and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public." This essay was published anonymously in 1729, a year in which Ireland suffered from poverty and famine. "A Modest Proposal" suggests, as a method for dealing with the destitution, that the Irish eat their babies.
A Modest Proposal
Author: Jonathan Swift
language: en
Publisher: Google Auto-narrated Demo
Release Date: 2019-09-25
In this satirical essay, Jonathan Swift lays out an argument for poor Irish families to sell their children as food to the elite class. The essay mocks the dismissive attitude towards the poor and the British view of the Irish people.
A Modest Proposal
Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729. Swift suggests that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food for rich gentlemen and ladies.[2] This satirical hyperbole mocks heartless attitudes towards the poor, as well as Irish policy in general.