Modest Proposal
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Political Science
| Author: | Jonathan Swift | ISBN: | 1230000303765 |
| Publisher: | Consumer Oriented Ebooks Publisher | Publication: | February 21, 2015 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jonathan Swift |
| ISBN: | 1230000303765 |
| Publisher: | Consumer Oriented Ebooks Publisher |
| Publication: | February 21, 2015 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick.
Jonathan Swift almost defines satire in this biting and brutal pamphlet in which he suggests that poor (Catholic) Irish families should fatten up their children and sell them to the rich (Protestant) land owners, thus solving the twin problems of starving children and poverty in one blow. When the “Proposal” was published in 1729, Swift was quickly attacked, and even accused of barbarity – the exact state the “Proposal” was written to expose.
For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick.
Jonathan Swift almost defines satire in this biting and brutal pamphlet in which he suggests that poor (Catholic) Irish families should fatten up their children and sell them to the rich (Protestant) land owners, thus solving the twin problems of starving children and poverty in one blow. When the “Proposal” was published in 1729, Swift was quickly attacked, and even accused of barbarity – the exact state the “Proposal” was written to expose.
