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A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works

Name: A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works
Author: Jonathan Swift
ISBN: 9780486287591

by Jonathan Swift, Stanley Applebaum (Editor), Candace Ward

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Overview

Treasury of 5 shorter works by the author of Gulliver's Travels offers ample evidence of the great satirist's inspired lampoonery. Title piece plus The Battle of the Books, A Meditation Upon a Broom-Stick, A Discourse Concerning the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit and The Abolishing of Christianity in England.

Synopsis

Swift reveals his satirical genius in this witty collection of prose that includes such popular works as A Modest Proposal and A Tale of a Tub. The surprising, sometimes perverse humor and stinging mockery, are the hallmarks not only of a master satirist, but of a skilled controversialist and public spirit, someone intensely concerned with engaging pressing issues and affecting his audience in certain ways. The art of satire has rarely provoked more controversy and had such lasting effect.