| A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works Contributor(s): Swift, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0486287599 ISBN-13: 9780486287591 Publisher: Dover Publications
WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guarantee Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: February 1996 * Out of Print * Annotation: 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." Click for more in this series: Dover Thrift Editions |
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| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Satire - Literary Collections |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 95051096 |
| Age Level: 14-UP |
| Grade Level: 9-UP |
| Series: Dover Thrift Editions |
| Physical Information: 0.16" H x 5.2" W x 8.26" L (0.13 lbs) 64 pages |
| Features: Price on Product |
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| Publisher Description: The originality, concentrated power and fierce indignation of his satirical writing have earned Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) a reputation as the greatest prose satirist in English language. 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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