Jonathan swift

Jonathan swift

Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.

Swift is remembered for works such as A Tale of a Tub (1704), An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity (1712), Gulliver's Travels(1726), and A Modest Proposal (1729). He is regarded by the Encyclopædia Britannica as the foremost prose satirist in the English language, and is less well known for his poetry. He originally published all of his works under pseudonyms – such as Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, the Drapier – or anonymously. He was a master of two styles of satire, the Horatian and Juvenalian styles.

His deadpan, ironic writing style, particularly in A Modest Proposal, has led to such satire being subsequently termed "Swiftian".

Essays, tracts, pamphlets, periodicals:

• "A Meditation upon a Broom-stick" (1703–1710): Full text: Project Gutenberg
• "A Tritical Essay upon the Faculties of the Mind" (1707–1711): Full text: Jonathan Swift Archives, King's College London
• The Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers (1708–1709)
• "An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity" (1708–1711)
• The Intelligencer (with Thomas Sheridan) (1719–1788)
• The Examiner (1710): Texts: Ourcivilisation.com, Project Gutenberg
• "A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue" (1712): Full texts: Jack Lynch, U of Virginia
• "On the Conduct of the Allies" (1711)
• "Hints Toward an Essay on Conversation" (1713)
• "A Letter to a Young Gentleman, Lately Entered into Holy Orders" (1720)
• "A Letter of Advice to a Young Poet" (1721)
• Drapier's Letters (1724, 1725): Full text: Project Gutenberg
• "Bon Mots de Stella" (1726): a curiously irrelevant appendix to "Gulliver's Travels"
• "A Modest Proposal", perhaps the most notable satire in English, suggesting that the Irish should engage in cannibalism. (Written in 1729)
• "An Essay on the Fates of Clergymen"
• "A Treatise on Good Manners and Good Breeding"
• "A modest address to the wicked authors of the present age. Particularly the authors of Christianity not founded on argument; and of The resurrection of Jesus considered" (1743-5?)

Sermons, prayers:

• Three Sermons and Three Prayers. Full text: U of Adelaide, Project Gutenberg
• Three Sermons: I. on mutual subjection. II. on conscience. III. on the trinity. Text: Project Gutenberg
• Writings on Religion and the Church. Text at Project Gutenberg: Volume One, Volume Two
• "The First He Wrote Oct. 17, 1727."
• "The Second Prayer Was Written Nov. 6, 1727." 

Miscellany:

• Directions to Servants (1731)
• A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation (1738)
• "Thoughts on Various Subjects."
• Historical Writings: Project Gutenberg
• Swift Quotations: JaffeBros – many choice, well-documented Swift quotations here
• Swift quotes at Bartleby: Bartleby.com – 59 quotations, with notes

 

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