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  1. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 06 - The Drapier's Letters by Jonathan Swift, 2010-07-12
  2. Los viajes de Gulliver (Clasicos de la literatura series) by Jonathan Swift, 2006-05-28
  3. The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. - Volume 10 Historical Writings by Jonathan Swift, 2009-10-04
  4. Swift and Pope: Satirists in Dialogue by Dustin Griffin, 2010-08-23
  5. Jonathan Swift and the Arts by Joseph McMinn, 2010-07-31
  6. A Tale of a Tub (1812) by Jonathan Swift, 2009-08-11
  7. A Modest Proposal and Other Satires by Jonathan Swift, 2009-12-07
  8. The Basic Writings of Jonathan Swift (Modern Library Classics) by Jonathan Swift, 2002-05
  9. Savage Satire: The Story of Jonathan Swift by Clarissa Aykroyd, 2006
  10. A Voyage to the Country of the HouyhnhnmsVoyage Au Pays Des chevaux by Jonathan Swift, 1971
  11. Complete Poems (Penguin Classics) by Jonathan Swift, 1989-09-05
  12. English Political Writings 1711-1714: 'The Conduct of the Allies' and Other Works (The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Jonathan Swift) by Jonathan Swift, 2008-12-15

41. Flandona Gagnole
Linguistical analysis of jonathan swift's sexism in the flying Island and the astronomer's cave.
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Gulliver's Travels: Laputa and Flandona Gagnole
A linguistical essay on Swift's sexism, the Flying Island and the Astronomer's Cave. By Richard Stoney of Hayfork, CA, USA There has been much discussion on the significance of the flying/floating island of Laputa and FLANDONA GAGNOLE in part 3 of Swift's Gulliver's Travels . This essay will point out his tendency towards wordplay and punning. I have divided FLANDONA GAGNOLE into three segments: FLAN, DONA, and GAGNOLE. FLAN: Consider these words from various languages: Eng. FLAN, an adjective, noun and verb, with these definitions: "a shallow, not very hollow"; widen upwards, bevel externally; slightly basin-like; broad with sloping sides, ". In regards to this last definition, Oxford English Dictionary lists this quote: "1781: HUTTON Tour to Caves Gloss., Flan, 'shallow'". FLAN can also refer to the roundness of a tart, from the Old French. As an illustration of these definitions, consider this following passage from 3-3-2+3 of the book: "The flying or floating Island is exactly circular; its Diameter 7837 Yards, or about four Miles and an Half, and consequently contains ten Thousand Acres...The Declivity of the upper Surface, from the Circumference to the Center, is the natural Cause why all the Dews and Rains which fall upon the Island, are conveyed in small Rivulets towards the Middle, where they are emptyed into four large Basons...At the Center of the Island there is a Chasm about fifty Yards in Diameter, from whence the Astronomers descend into a large Dome, situated at the depth of an Hundred Yards beneath the upper Surface".

42. Jonathan Swift
Biography and portrait of jonathan swift, along with a list of his major works and links to other resources.
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Jonathan Swift, 1667-1745
Famous Irish poet, pamphleteer, satirist and wit of Augustan Age. He was educated (more or less) at Trinity College, Dublin. In the aftermath of the 1689 Jacobite rebellion in Ireland, Swift found shelter in England, under the auspices of Sir William Temple, a prominent diplomat and statesman. Swift served as secretary to Temple for the next ten years. In the process, he earned his M.A. at Oxford, was ordained into the Episcopalian Church of Ireland and was charged with the tutorship of Temple's young ward, Esther Johnson, a.k.a. "Stella". After Temple died in 1699, Swift moved back to Ireland, working at various posts in the Church. In 1704, two satirical pieces Tale of the Tub and Battle of the Books earned him some renown (and some enemies). Returning to England intermittently, he became intimate with the Augustan wits and literary men of the day Addison, Steele, Pope and Congreve. Although a lifelong supporter of the Whigs, the growing chasm between Whigs and the Church led Swift, in 1708, to launch a series of pamphlet attacks on the Whigs. By 1710, Swift had switched over the Tories completely and put his skills at their disposal. Swift took over The Examiner , a Tory rag, and, with a couple of 1711 pamphlets, helped turn to the tide of English public opinion against the "Whig" War of Spanish Succession.

43. Author's Defense Of Sanskrit Wordplay In Gulliver's Travels
Claims that jonathan swift's love of wordplay and languages is fertile ground for Sanskritic wordplay in Gulliver's Travels, including the fact that Gulliver gave permission for readers to adjust the story.
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Author's Defense of "Sanskrit Wordplay in Gulliver's Travels (Note: In view of this discovery of Sanskrit puns in Gulliver's Travels
Shiva and 'Ring around the Rosy'
If you found it too hard to understand "Sanskrit Puns in Gulliver's Travels ", go instead to this easier site: ... Beggar's Opera I suppose someone will wonder how someone unknowledgeable in Sanskrit like my self came to creat the theory. Simple: I tripped over it. Circa mid-1999, I was doing research in A SANSKRIT-ENGLISH DICTIONARY by Monier-Williams (I forget actually what), and I ran across the word yahu , whereupon I noted the similarity to Eng. Yahoo but did nothing else. Then, in December, 1999, I decided to research it. I compared the definition of yahu , strong", with that of Eng. Yahoo , "brutish person" (cf. brute strength ) and eventually found the appropriate applicable passages in GT . Then I found nardac and theorized the existence of Sanskrit in the book. I noticed the existence of so many italicized words, which made me suspicious, so I started phonetically converting Englishmen (part 3) into Sanskrit. I was extremely succesful in doing so and continued on. The theory is the result.

44. Eighteenth-Century Studies
A Modest Proposal, Gulliver's Travels, and several shorter works are available through the English Server.
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45. Jonathan Swift
Translate this page Home_Page jonathan swift (1667-1745), Escritor político y satírico anglo-irlandés, considerado uno de los maestros de la prosa
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Entre sus primeros trabajos en prosa se encuentra La batalla entre los libros antiguos y modernos (1697), una mofa de las discusiones literarias del momento, que trataban de valorar si eran mejores las obras de la antigüedad o las modernas. En esta obra suya, el autor irlandés se puso de parte de los maestros antiguos y, con gran mordacidad, atacó la pedantería y el espíritu escolástico de los escritores de su tiempo. Su Historia de una bañera El comportamiento de los aliados (1711), en el cual afirmaba que los whigs habían prolongado la Guerra de Sucesión española mirando sólo a sus propios intereses. Este panfleto fue la causa de la dimisión de John Churchill, primer duque de Malborough, comandante en jefe de las Fuerzas Armadas británicas.
Swift comenzó sus Cartas a Stella en 1710. Stella era el nombre que él utilizaba para dirigirse a Esther Johnson, quien por entonces vivía en Dublín. Esta serie de cartas íntimas, en las que aparecen numerosos vocablos propios del lenguaje infantil, revelan un curioso aspecto de la enigmática personalidad del satirista irlandés. Los especialistas no tienen muy claro cuál era el tipo de relación que existía entre tutor y alumna. Es posible incluso que se hubieran casado en secreto. La otra mujer de la que se tiene noticia en la vida de Swift fue Esther Vanhomrigh, también alumna suya, hija de un comerciante de Dublín de origen holandés, y a la que él llamaba Vanessa, se enamoró perdidamente de su tutor, pero él no correspondió nunca a ese amor. En 1717, fue nombrado deán de la catedral de San Patricio de Dublín. Al año siguiente, el partido tory perdió el poder, y su influencia política desapareció por completo. Entre 1724 y 1725 publicó anónimamente

46. Swift (Jonathan)
swift y fit ses études
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Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745), écrivain irlandais d'origine anglaise. Né le 30 novembre 1667 à Dublin, Swift y fit ses études au Trinity College, puis partit pour l'Angleterre en 1689 afin de servir de secrétaire au diplomate et écrivain sir William Temple qui était un parent éloigné de sa mère. Swift, qui ne s'entendait pas avec son employeur, regagna l'Irlande en 1694 et entra dans les ordres. Pourtant, en 1696, il se réconcilia avec Temple et revint chez lui pour faire l'éducation d'Esther Johnson, fille d'un de ses proches. Swift resta là jusqu'à la mort de son protecteur en 1699, jouissant d'une grande liberté qui lui permettait de s'adonner à la lecture et à l'écriture. L'un des premiers ouvrages de Swift s'intitule la Bataille des livres (rédigé en 1697, publié en 1704) et consiste en une parodie de la querelle des Anciens et des Modernes, querelle qui faisait rage à l'époque dans les cercles littéraires et dont Temple avait à souffrir. Swift y prend la défense des Anciens et, par une satire féroce, attaque la pédanterie et le simulacre d'érudition alors en vigueur dans les cercles distingués. Parut ensuite le Conte du tonneau (1704), sa satire la plus amusante et la plus originale : il se moque avec une ironie sans égale des diverses formes de pédanterie, notamment dans les domaines de la littérature et de la religion. Ce livre souleva des doutes sur l'orthodoxie religieuse de son auteur et offensa la reine Anne, ce qui fut certainement fort préjudiciable à la carrière ecclésiastique de Swift en Angleterre. Sur le plan politique, Swift se prétendait du parti des whigs malgré son désaccord avec eux sur de nombreuses questions importantes. Lorsqu'en 1710 les tories prirent le pouvoir en Angleterre, il n'hésita d'ailleurs pas à se ranger dans leurs rangs. Il écrivit alors une série de petits textes satiriques acerbes à l'encontre des whigs, prit en charge la rédaction de l'Examiner, la publication officielle du parti tory, et composa nombre de pamphlets dans lesquels il défendait habilement la politique menée par son parti. Parmi ces derniers

47. Gulliver's Travels By Jonathan Swift: A Searchable Online Version At The Literat
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The author of these Travels, Mr. Lemuel Gulliver, is my ancient and intimate friend; there is likewise some relation between us on the mother's side. About three years ago, Mr. Gulliver growing weary of the concourse of curious people coming to him at his house in Redriff, made a small purchase of land, with a convenient house, near Newark, in Nottinghamshire, his native country; where he now lives retired, yet in good esteem among his neighbours.
Although Mr. Gulliver was born in Nottinghamshire, where his father dwelt, yet I have heard him say his family came from Oxfordshire; to confirm which, I have observed in the churchyard at Banbury in that county, several tombs and monuments of the Gullivers.
Before he quitted Redriff, he left the custody of the following papers in my hands, with the liberty to dispose of them as I should think fit. I have carefully perused them three times. The style is very plain and simple; and the only fault I find is, that the author, after the manner of travellers, is a little too circumstantial. There is an air of truth apparent through the whole; and indeed the author was so distinguished for his veracity, that it became a sort of proverb among his neighbours at Redriff, when any one affirmed a thing, to say, it was as true as if Mr. Gulliver had spoken it.
By the advice of several worthy persons, to whom, with the author's permission, I communicated these papers, I now venture to send them into the world, hoping they may be, at least for some time, a better entertainment to our young noblemen, than the common scribbles of politics and party.

48. Project Gutenberg Books By Jonathan Swift
Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces.
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49. Jonathan Swift
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50. Literary Encyclopedia: Swift, Jonathan
swift, jonathan. (1667 1745). www.LitEncyc.com. Domain Literature, Politics, Journalism, Religion . jonathan swift was born on 30 November 1667, in Dublin.
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51. Learning Commons - What Is Culture? - Glossary Item - Jonathan Swift
swift, jonathan. jonathan swift (16671745) was an Irish-born author who gained notoriety and political influence as a sharp-witted satirist.
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Swift, Jonathan
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was an Irish-born author who gained notoriety and political influence as a sharp-witted satirist. His most famous work, Gulliver's Travels , followed the journeys of a character named Lemuel Gulliver through the imaginary lands of the Lilliputians (pygmies), the Brobdingnags (giants), and the Houyhnhnms (an ultra-rational society of horses) who ruled over the cretin Yahoos (an uncivilized, humanlike race). Other satires included A Modest Proposal (which ironically suggested that the British eat their own children) and The Battle of the Books (which poked fun at literary critics). Many Swiftian words have become integrated into the English language. When something is "of Lilliputian proportions" it is very, very small; referring to someone as a "Yahoo" implies that they lack manners and behave badly. Yahoo, incidentally, is also the name of the most famous World Wide Web directory, housed and maintained at Stanford University! use your browser's "back" function to return to the text
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52. Swift, Jonathan And The Moons Of Mars
swift, jonathan and the moons of Mars Irish clergyman and social and political commentator, best known for his satirical fantasy
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Irish clergyman and social and political commentator, best known for his satirical fantasy Gulliver's Travels , originally entitled Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World in Four Parts ... by Lemuel Gulliver (1726), in which reference is made to two (then undiscovered) moons of Mars. The astronomers on the flying island of Laputia, says Gulliver, have . . . discovered two lesser stars, or satellites, which revolve around Mars, whereof the innermost is distant from the center of the primary exactly three of his diameters, and the outermost five: the former revolves in the space of ten hours, and the latter in twenty-one and a half. When the two Martian moons, Phobos and Deimos , were eventually found, by Asaph Hall at the U.S. Naval Observatory , their orbits proved to be quite similar to those described in Swift's novel. Phobos is actually 6,000 km from the surface of Mars and revolves around Mars in 7.7 hours, whereas Swift gave the values 13,600 km and 10 hours, respectively. Deimos averages 20,100 km from Mars and orbits in 30.3 hours; Swift gives 27,200 km and 21.5 hours, respectively.
Some cult literature has sprung up specifically to address how Swift could have "known" about the Martian moons and has arrived at some spectacular solutions, including the remarkable one that Swift himself was a Martian! In fact, the idea that Mars might have two satellites goes back to Johannes

53. Jonathan Swift - "BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION" By W.E.H. Lecky
Long article by W.E.H. Lecky originally published in The Leaders of Public Opinion in Ireland in 1861.
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GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
by JONATHAN SWIFT
Sources: Biography
BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION.
W.E.H. Lecky, M.P.
Source: Swift's Tale of a Tub and other Early Works
The Prose Works of Jonathan Swift, D.D. , Volume I
London : George Bell and Sons, 1897. Some anecdotes are preserved showing that at this early age he already suffered from the morbid melancholy, the bitter discontent with life, and what life had given him, which pursued him to the end. His Uncle Godwin died insane, and his own circumstances were utterly precarious. He received some assistance from another uncle who lived in Dublin, and on one occasion, when absolutely penniless, he was helped by an unexpected gift from a cousin at Lisbon. There are no proofs that his great literary talents were as yet born. The anecdote that he had shown a rough copy of the "Tale of a Tub" to a college friend when he was only nineteen, has been decisively disproved. He mentions, however, in an early letter, a characteristic saying of "a person of great honour in Ireland," "that my mind was like a conjured spirit that would do mischief if I did not give it employment." The outbreak of the Revolution produced an immediate exodus of Protestants from Ireland, and Swift retired to Leicestershire, where his mother had for many years been living. His attachment to her was deep and tender, and lasted during his whole life. It was necessary for him to seek some immediate means of livelihood, and in this critical period of his life he had the great good fortune of finding a home which placed him in close connection with one of the first diplomatists and most experienced statesmen of his age. The father of Sir William Temple, when Master of the Rolls in Ireland, had been on terms of intimacy with the Swift family, and there was some relationship or connection between Swift's mother and the wife of Sir William Temple. Relying on this claim, and acting on the advice of his mother, Swift applied to Temple, who at once received him into his house at Moor Park in Surrey, in the position of amanuensis or humble companion.

54. Jonathan Swift
Longer article from Hertford College, Oxford, swift's alma mater.
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55. Swift, Jonathan - 59 Of The Best Sites Selected By Humans
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56. Neuer Standort. Bitte Aufrufen
Translate this page Neuer Standort. Bitte aufrufen swift, jonathan.
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57. Poet Index For Representative Poetry On-line
Nine of swift's poems with explanatory notes from the University of Toronto Electronic Library.
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  • Franklin Pierce Adams
  • Sarah Fuller Adams
  • Joseph Addison
  • Mark Akenside
    Amelia Alderson ( see Amelia Opie
  • Cecil Frances Alexander
    Ellen Alleyne ( see Christina Rossetti
  • William Allingham
    Anodos ( see Mary Elizabeth Coleridge
  • Matthew Arnold
  • Anne Askew
  • John Askham B
  • J. E. Ball (fl. 1904-1906)
  • Mary Barber
  • Richard Harris Barham
  • Sabine Baring-Gould
  • William Barnes ...
  • Richard Barnfield
    Elizabeth Barrett ( see Elizabeth Barrett Browning
  • David Bates
  • Katharine Lee Bates
  • Thomas Bateson (ca. 1570-1630)
  • Joseph Warren Beach
  • James Beattie
  • Francis Beaumont
  • Thomas Lovell Beddoes ...
  • Aphra Behn
    Acton Bell (
    Currer Bell (
    Ellis Bell (
  • Arthur Christopher Benson
    Mary Berwick ( see Adelaide Procter
  • Ambrose Bierce
  • Robert Blair
  • William Blake
    Phyllis Bloom ( see Phyllis Gotlieb
  • Louise Bogan
  • Francis William Bourdillon
  • A. P. Bowen (fl. 1918-1919)
  • William Lisle Bowles
  • Gamaliel Bradford
  • Anne Bradstreet (ca. 1612-1672) Tabitha Bramble ( see Mary Robinson
  • Nicholas Breton
  • Robert Bridges
  • Gilbert E. Brooke
  • Rupert Brooke ...
  • Thomas Edward Brown Felicia Dorothea Browne ( see Felicia Dorothea Hemans
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  • Elizabeth Barrett Browning
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  • 58. SWIFT, Jonathan
    Translate this page Band XI (1996) Spalten 304-306 Autor Michael Szczekalla. swift, jonathan, ir.-engl. Schriftsteller, * 30.11. 1667 in Dublin, + 19.10. 1745 ebd.
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    59. Poets' Corner - Jonathan Swift - Selected Works
    of a City Shower; The Progress of Poetry; Phillis, or, The Progress of Love; A Description of the Morning; A Satirical Elegy; and On Stella's Birthday 1719.......Six poems by swift, including A
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      A Description of a City Shower
        C AREFUL Observers may fortel the Hour
        (By sure Prognosticks) when to dread a Show'r:
        While Rain depends, the pensive Cat gives o'er
        Her Frolicks, and pursues her Tail no more.
        Returning Home at Night, you'll find the Sink
        Strike your offended Sense with double Stink.
        If you be wise, then go not far to Dine,
        You spend in Coach-hire more than save in Wine.
        A coming Show'r your shooting Corns presage,
        Old Aches throb, your hollow Tooth will rage.
        Sauntring in Coffee-house is Dulman seen;
        He damns the Climate, and complains of Spleen.
        Mean while the South rising with dabbled Wings,
        A Sable Cloud a-thwart the Welkin flings,
        That swill'd more Liquor than it could contain,
        And like a Drunkard gives it up again.
        Brisk Susan whips her Linen from the Rope,
        While the first drizzling Show'r is born aslope,
        Such is that Sprinkling which some careless Quean
        Flirts on you from her Mop, but not so clean.
        You fly, invoke the Gods; then turning, stop
        To rail; she singing, still whirls on her Mop.

    60. Swift, Jonathan: Early Life And Works
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      Since his father, an Englishman who had settled in Ireland, died before his birth and his mother deserted him for some time, Swift was dependent upon an uncle for his education. He was sent first to Kilkenny School and then to Trinity College, Dublin, where he managed, in spite of his rebellious behavior, to obtain a degree. In 1689 he became secretary to Sir William Temple Unable to make a success in Ireland, Swift returned to Moor Park the following year, remaining until Temple's death in 1699. During this period he wrote The Battle of the Books, in which he defended Temple's contention that the ancients were superior to the moderns in literature and learning, and A Tale of a Tub, a satire on religious excesses. These works were not published, however, until 1704. Again disappointment with his advancement sent him back to Ireland, where he was given the living of Laracor.

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