Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift
Swift
1667
1745
Jonathan
Swift
NATIONALITY : Irish
BORN : 30 November 1667
ZODIAC SIGN : Sagittarius
BORN : Ireland
DIED : 19 October 1745
PLACE OF DEATH : Dublin,
Ireland
FATHER: Jonathan Swift
MOTHER: Abigail Erick (or
Herrick)
SPOUSE: Esther Johnson (m.
1716)
EDUCATION: Hertford
College Oxford (1694)
University of Dublin
Jonathan Swift was an
Anglo-Irish poet, writer
and cleric who gained
reputation as a great
political writer and an
essayist. Jonathan, who
became Dean of St.
Patrick's in Dublin, is
also known for his
excellence in satire. His
most remembered
works include:
Gulliver's Travels
A modest Proposal
An Argument against
Abolishing Christianity
A Tale of a Tub.
Jonathan as a
Writer
Swift was awarded Doctor of
Divinity from Trinity College,
Dublin. During this period he
wrote A Tale of Tub and his
previous work A Battle of
Books was published. With
the success of these two, he
began to achieve excellence
as a writer.
Also,he published a political
pamphlet The Conduct of the
Allies in 1711. The pamphlet
harshly criticized the Whig
government for its
incapability to end the war
with France. Swift,
anonymously published his
Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver 's Travels
is an English novel
in four parts
masterpiece of
Anglo-Irish writer
Jonathan Swift ,
writing under the
pseudonym of Dr.
Lemuel Gulliver
Published: 1726
Author : Jonathan
Swift
Genres: Satire ,
Fantasy, science
Part I:
A Voyage to
Lilliput
On the first trip , Gulliver is the only survivor of a shipwreck on
the coast of an island. There, he realizes that it is a prisoner of a
race of people who were just 15 cm , inhabitants of the
neighboring islands , Liliput and Blefuscu .
Gulliver promise and swear peaceful intentions, Lilliputian king
. He also noted local culture and habits , totally unusual for him.
Gulliver helps Lilliputians defeat them on the inhabitants of
Blefuscu , blocking their fleet in port with one hand.
Part II:
A Voyage to
Brobdingnag
Follow trip to
Brobdingnag , where
Gulliver finds giants by
22 m, totally different
lifestyle than the
Lilliputians . They were
more rational , the king
was wise and right. They
had laws that ensured
freedom and wellbeing.
During a sea voyage ,
Gulliver 's boat is taken
by a giant eagle and
then abandoned, but is
rescued by a ship and so
coming back to England.
Part III:
A Voyage to
Laputa