gulliver's travels
Jonathan Swift has been said to be the "Keenest mind and sharpest wit in an age marked by intellectual brilliance".(1) Jonathan Swift was also called "a mass of sense"(1). His works however took very irrational approaches to the many topics he wrote about in his many literary works. He shows this irrational writing in his works: The Battle of the Books, A Modest Proposal, and Gulliver's Travels (originally entitled: Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts, by Lempel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and Then a Captain of Several Ships). He had an enthusiasm in his idea of "pure reason" and was distrustful of all fanaticism. He also had very clear and direct style of the English language, but the extremeness of his irony were misunderstood in his own and later ages.Jonathan Swift, born in Dublin on November 30, 1667, the son of an Englishman who had settled in Ireland, was educated at Trinity College with the aid of a wealthy uncle. In 1688 he left Ireland and became secretary to Sir William Temple at Moor Park, Surrey. Temple was not an agreeable master, and Swift wanted to be independent in the
(2)"Swift, Jonathan," Microsoftc Encartac Online Encyclopedia 2001 n Four Parts, by Lempel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and Then a Captain of Several Ships, better known today as Gulliver's Travels. On his second voyage he is again shipwrecked this time on the island of Brobdingnag. This land is inhabited by a race of giants twelve times human size. After several adventures and mishaps he is carried off by a giant eagle who drops him into the sea and is rescued by sailors who return him to England. References made are: The Queen-Henrietta Maria, the consort off James II. Soon after his voluntary exile to Ireland he turned his talent to defending Irish political and economic interests against the English. He wrote several pamphlets to this topic including The Drapier's Letters to the People of Ireland, in which he protests the circulation of debased coinage in Ireland, or his ironic masterpiece, A Modest Proposal, in which he suggest that for the Irish to sell their infants as food is their only defense against economic starvation by England. Through this works Swift continued his war with the Whig administration and wan the love and respect of all Ireland. When England offered a substantial reward to anyone who would turn in the anonymous author, no one in Ireland did-even though many recognized Swift as the writer. Swift points this out in his poem, "Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift." It was during this period (1721-1725) that he worked on his greatest work and the topic of this report, Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, i! al letters that make up the Journal to Stella, his correspondence with his protegee and friend, Esther Johnson. Also Esther Vanhomrigh, whom the had met in London, followed him ti Ireland. The "Vanessa" of his poem Cadenus and Vanessa. During this same period (1696-1698), Swift wrote A Tale of a Tub, history of the Church that is the first time his true
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