Swift, Jonathan(1667–1745)
Jonathan Swift, the British clergyman, moralist, satirist, poet, and political journalist, was born in Dublin, a few months after his father's death. He was ed...
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CONTRIBUTIONS TO “THE TATLER.”
Note.
In the original dedication of the first volume of
“The Tatler” to Arthur Maynwaring Richard
Steele, its projector and editor, gives charact...
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NOTE
About the year 1720 it was generally acknowledged
in Ireland that there was a want there of the small
change, necessary in the transaction of petty dealings
with shopkeepers and tradesmen. ...
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By the late
Jonathan Swift,
D.D. D.S.P.D.
Published from the
Last manuscript Copy, Corrected and
Enlarged by the Author’s own hand.
London:
Printed for A. Millar, in the Strand:&nbs...
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Biography EssayOn 14 August 1725, Jonathan Swift wrote to his friend Charles Ford: "I have finished my Travells, and I am now transcribing them; they are admirable Things, and will wonderfully mend th...
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The Irish poet, political writer, and clergyman Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) ranks as the foremost prose satirist in the English language and as one of the greatest satirists in world literature.Jonatha...
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Seventeenth-century British writer Jonathan Swift is considered to be perhaps the foremost prose satirist in the English language and one of the greatest masters of that form in world literature. Thro...
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On 14 August 1725, Jonathan Swift wrote to his friend Charles Ford: "I have finished my Travells, and I am now transcribing them; they are admirable Things, and will wonderfully mend the World." At ...
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(Editor's note: In a departure from normal DLB procedure, the author cites conjectural dates of composition, instead of dates of publication, after Swift 's titles in the text.)Jonathan Swift --autho...
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For most general readers, the name Jonathan Swift is associated only with his satiric masterpiece Gulliver's Travels. They are not aware that, in addition to it and hundreds of poems, he wrote a great...
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Jonathan Swift, the great satirist of the eighteenth century was a genius of complex and enigmatic personality. His character was of a "supersensitive" nature. He possessed a strong...
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Jonathan Swift was an Irish author born on November 30, 1667, in Dublin, Ireland. As a child he depended on the charity of his uncles. They funded his education at Trinity College, where he attempted ...
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The hometown newspaper of the late Hunter S. Thompson published a tribute edition Saturday, three days after what would have been his 70th birthday, celebrating the champion of "gonzo journalism."C...
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Question 1 of 10:What was unique about
George I of Great Britain, who became king in 1714?He never visited
Britain
He was openly gayHe ruled for just a week
He spoke no English
Question 2 of 10:...
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When NASA's newest Mars lander departs Earth this weekend, it will be carrying the words and art of visionaries from Voltaire to Carl Sagan.The "Visions of Mars" mini-disk secured to the lander wil...
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Today is Friday, November 30, the 334th day of 2007. There are 31 days left in the year.Highlights in history on this date:1652 - Dutch defeat English fleet off Dungeness, England.1710 - Turkey dec...
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In a decade that has been marred by travel advisories, it's very nice and reassuring to note that things can change for the better.When the Belfast Agreement, that long-negotiated truce, first brou...
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The American Classics: A Personal Essay, by Denis Donoghue. Yale University Press, 295 pages, $27.Rapping the knuckles of the American classics is good fun-especially if it's done with a light, sha...
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Swift, Jonathan (1667–1745)
The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 07
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift
The Personality of Jonathan Swift
Colo. paper honors Hunter S. Thompson
