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Original Title:	A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works
ISBN:	0486287599 (ISBN13: 9780486287591)
Edition Language:	English

A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works

Jonathan Swift

Paperback | Pages: 64 pages

Rating: 4.05 | 14187 Users | 182 Reviews

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Title	:	A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works
Author	:	Jonathan Swift
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 64 pages
Published	:	February 2nd 1996 by Dover Publications (first published 1729)
Categories	:	Classics. Fiction. Humor. Literature

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The originality, concentrated power and ‘fierce indignation’ of his satirical writing have earned Jonathan Swift a reputation as the greatest prose satirist in English literature. Gulliver’s Travels is, of course, his world renowned masterpiece in the genre; however, Swift wrote other, shorter works that also offer excellent evidence of his inspired lampoonery. Perhaps the most famous of these is A Modest Proposal, in which he straight-facedly suggests that Ireland could solve its hunger problems by using its children for food. Also included in this collection are The Battle of Books, A Meditation upon a Broomstick, A Discourse Concerning the Mechanical Operations of the Spirit and An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity in England.
This inexpensive edition will certainly be welcomed by teachers and students of English literature, but its appeal extends to any reader who delights in watching a master satirist wield words as weapons.

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This is obviously an incredible satire, which hopes to give some satisfaction to the rich. I recently reread it after reading The Sorrows of Young Mike. In John Zelazny's parody, the main character parodies Jonathan Swift's modest proposal. It is a parody within a parody and the modern twist is displayed well.

At first I thought oh my lord hes not even joking..... I mean people have suggested crazier things. But oh, the glorious satire against the political state in Ireland at that time is palpable. Good show.

Satire and wit packaged in an absurd story. Had me perplexed and amused at the same time.

I originally had two shelves: books that make me want to have children so I can read to themandbooks that make me want to have children so I can eat themBut really this is the only one that would fall in the latter category.This is one of the greatest pieces of satire ever written, but seriously, have you ever noticed that babies really do taste better? Think about it. Veal, lamb, kittens. I could go on.

Such original shocking humor and irony. A modest proposal made a lot of people angry when it was released into the high society of London while the Irish starved. I loved it.

The reason for picking up A Modest Proposal and Other Satirical Works was that I wanted to reread A Modest Proposal, which I had previously read in my copy of The Norton Anthology of English Literature: Vol 1 and which I still think is a masterpiece and as such probably the best satire I've ever come across.As a sort of bonus I had four more of Swifts satirical writings in this book, each of which I liked. I must add though, that by far the most of his satirical writings require (a lot of)

And thus it may, if the verbal effrontery of such an utterance may be indulged, however briefly, be averred, with the blessings of those guardians on the battlements of concinnity, even modestly asseverated, if such a contradiction does not run counter to said diction, that the author's style, with such a fecund profusion of subordinate and even, dare I say, insubordinate clauses, rococo verbal flourishes, and sesquipedialian agglomerations, while constructed with a labyrinthine ingenuity that