- Taschenbuch: 64 Seiten
- Verlag: DOVER PUBN INC
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0486287599
- ISBN-13: 978-0486287591
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 2,1 x 1,3 x 0,1 cm
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Anyone who thought they understood the "Troubles" in Ireland should read this essay. One of the best examples of satire to be had in any dialect, Swift writes his "proposal" in language that is clear even to todays jaded audience.
Every English professor/instructor should make this required reading.
Every English professor/instructor should make this required reading.
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With this small booklet you get the 5 most important texts by Jonathan Swift plus a short biographical introduction. Of course there is no extra material but for that price it's definately worth buying, even if you just need one text.
The texts contained, are:
The Battle of the Books (1697)
A Meditation upon a Broomstick (1701)
A Discourse Concerning the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit (1704)
An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity in England (1708)
A Modest Proposal (1729)
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The texts contained, are:
The Battle of the Books (1697)
A Meditation upon a Broomstick (1701)
A Discourse Concerning the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit (1704)
An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity in England (1708)
A Modest Proposal (1729)
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Quite a Proposal
23. Mai 2001
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"A Modest Proposal", by Jonathan Swift, is a biting satire about life in 18th Century Ireland, in which the author seeks to find "a fair, cheap, and easy method" to transform the sick and starving children of Ireland into productive members of society. Swift's proposal, hardly modest, is to fatten up undernourished poor children and then sell them to more well-to-do families as food. By presenting this outrageous concept as an interrelated string of seemingly logical arguments, Swift leads the reader to understand that his proposal could simultaneously solve overpopulation and unemployment, save the poor from having to spend their meager resources on raising children, provide the poor with desperately needed extra income, and also give the wealthy access to a yet untapped high-protein delight. Of course, Swift is writing tongue-in-cheek, to shock the reader into rejecting his outrageous negative proposal and instead formulate a more sensible positive one. Although written in 1729, Swift's essay is still relevant in the 21st Century. For a really good and very quick read that repulses, amuses, and challenges you to think, I highly recommend this classic work.
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Satire, not slippery slope
14. Juni 2005
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This read is pretty congested with 18th century European political and religious references, however it is a beautifully witty and priceless satire on the inconsistencies of human compassion.
Perhaps Swift was trying to evoke shock and heart wrenching disgust in readers in the hopes that the reader would see that England's economic exploitation of Dublin at the time was essentially just as damaging to society as something like government ordained cannibalism. Why is it that a reader would be so horrifically devastated by the idea of turning children into food in order to survive, yet remain callous and unconcerned with the fact that all people, adults and children alike, were in reality victims of a government which not only economically exploited the population to the point of utter poverty, but did not care even slightly that human beings were being turned into rotting corpses as a result?
Perhaps Swift was trying to evoke shock and heart wrenching disgust in readers in the hopes that the reader would see that England's economic exploitation of Dublin at the time was essentially just as damaging to society as something like government ordained cannibalism. Why is it that a reader would be so horrifically devastated by the idea of turning children into food in order to survive, yet remain callous and unconcerned with the fact that all people, adults and children alike, were in reality victims of a government which not only economically exploited the population to the point of utter poverty, but did not care even slightly that human beings were being turned into rotting corpses as a result?
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Should be required reading for all students!
17. April 1997
Format:Taschenbuch
Anyone who thought they understood the "Troubles" in Ireland should read this essay. One of the best examples of satire to be had in any dialect, Swift writes his "proposal" in language that is clear even to todays jaded audience.
Every English professor/instructor should make this required reading.
Every English professor/instructor should make this required reading.
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