Jonathan Swift
Born in 1667, Jonathan Swift was an Irish writer and cleric, best known for his works Gulliver s Travels, A Modest Proposal, and A Journal to Stella, amongst many others. Educated at Trinity College in Dublin, Swift received his Doctor of Divinity in February 1702, and eventually became Dean of St. Patrick s Cathedral in Dublin. Publishing under the names of Lemeul Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, and M. B. Drapier, Swift was a prolific writer who, in addition to his prose works, composed poetry, essays, and political pamphlets for both the Whigs and the Tories, and is considered to be one of the foremost English-language satirists, mastering both the Horatian and Juvenalian styles. Swift died in 1745, leaving the bulk of his fortune to found St. Patrick s Hospital for Imbeciles, a hospital for the mentally ill, which continues to operate as a psychiatric hospital today.Jonathan Swift(1667 1745), a poet, satirist, and clergyman, published many satirical works, among them A Modest Proposal. Robert DeMaria, Jr. is Henry Noble McCracken Professor of English at Vassar College. He has published widely on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century literature.ज़्यादा पढ़ेंकम पढ़ें
Gulliver's Travels ( Unabridged Classics)
"First published as travels into several remote nations of the world, Gulliver's travels is a fine example of satire on human nature as well as on the genre of travel writing. A masterpiece of English literature, The novel has never gone out of print
Gulliver's Travels ( Unabridged Classics)
"First published as travels into several remote nations of the world, Gulliver's travels is a fine example of satire on human nature as well as on the genre of travel writing. A masterpiece of English literature, The novel has never gone out of print
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