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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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