Famous authors · 18th century
Jonathan Swift
1667 to 1745 · Anglo-Irish · Satire
What sets their writing apart: Study Swift for sustained satirical control: how a reasonable narrative voice, held perfectly straight, makes savage argument land harder than open outrage. The deadpan mask is the technique.
Notable works
- An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity (1708)
- Drapier's Letters (1724)
- Gulliver's Travels (1726)
- A Modest Proposal (1729)
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