For other uses, see Jonathan Swift (disambiguation).
The Very Reverend
Jonathan Swift
Portrait by Charles Jervas, 1710
Born
(1667-11-30)30 November 1667 Dublin, Ireland
Died
19 October 1745(1745-10-19) (aged 77) Dublin, Ireland
Resting place
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
Pen name
Isaac Bickerstaff
M. B. Drapier
Lemuel Gulliver
Simon Wagstaff
Esq.
Occupation
Writer
poet
political pamphleteer
priest
Language
Modern English
Education
B.A.
Alma mater
Trinity College Dublin
Period
18th century
Genres
Satire
parable
polemic
novel
essay
poetry
correspondence
other
Subjects
Religion
politics
other
Literary movement
Classicism
Enlightenment
Years active
from 1696
Notable works
A Tale of a Tub
Drapier's Letters
Gulliver's Travels
A Modest Proposal
Partner
Esther Johnson (?)
Signature
Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish[1] satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin,[2] hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift".
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.[1] He originally published all of his works under pseudonyms—such as Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, M. B. 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".[3]
^ abJonathan Swift at the Encyclopædia Britannica
^"Swift", Online literature, archived from the original on 3 August 2019, retrieved 17 December 2011
^"What higher accolade can a reviewer pay to a contemporary satirist than to call his or her work Swiftian Archived 23 October 2017 at the Wayback Machine?" Frank Boyle, "Johnathan Swift", Ch 11 in A Companion to Satire: Ancient and Modern (2008), edited by Ruben Quintero, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0470657952.
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