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Jonathan Swift Books
A Tale of a Tub 1696 (published 1704) , The Battle of the Books 1697 (published 1704) , "When I Come to Be Old" 1699 , "A Letter Concerning the Sacramental Test," 1708 , "Sentiments of a Church of England Man" 1708 , "Bickerstaff/Partridge" papers 1708 , ""Proposal for the Advancement of Religion" 1709 , Examiner 1710 - , The Conduct of the Allies 1711 , An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity 1711 , Correcting the English Tongue 1712 , Public Spirit of the Whigs 1714 , A Letter of Advice to a Young Poet 1720 , The Drapier's Letters to the People of Ireland Against Receiving Wood's Halfpence 1724 , Gulliver's Travels 1726 , A Modest Proposal 1729 , A Complete Collection Of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation 1738
Jonathan Swift Links
Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
Site http://lee.jaffebros.com/gulliver/
The central feature of this site is the text of Gulliver's Travels, edited, formatted in HTML, and in the process of being annotated. The original graphics, along with later illustrations, are included. The site also features source material supporting readers, students and teachers.
Jonathan 'Isaac Bickerstaff' Swift
Site http://www.incompetech.com/authors/swift/
Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin, Ireland on 30 November 1667, second child and only son of Jonathan Swift and Abigaile Erick Swift. His father was dead before Jonathan, Junior was born, so the child's education was arranged by other relatives. Jonathan graduated from Trinity College, Dublin, in 1686 and then went to England to try his luck. He found a job as secretary to Sir William Temple, and it was in Sir William's household that he met Esther (Stella) Johnson and became her tutor. Now Sir William was an extremely important statesman of the day. He helped arrange the marriage of future British monarchs William and Mary.
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745)
Site http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/jswift.htm
Irish author and journalist, dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral (Dublin) from 1713, the foremost prose satirist in English language. Swift became insane in his last years, but until his death he was known as Dublin's foremost citizen. Among Swift's best known works is Gulliver's Travels (1726), where the stories of Gulliver's experiences among dwarfs and giants are best known. Swift gave to these journeys an air of authenticity and realism and many contemporary readers believed them to be true
Jonathan Swift: A Brief Biography
Site http://www.victorianweb.org/previctorian/swift/bio.html
Jonathan Swift was born on November 30, 1667 in Dublin, Ireland, the son of Protestant Anglo-Irish parents: his ancestors had been Royalists, and all his life he would be a High-Churchman. His father, also Jonathan, died a few months before he was born, upon which his mother, Abigail, returned to England, leaving her son behind, in the care of relatives. In 1673, at the age of six, Swift began his education at Kilkenny Grammar School, which was, at the time, the best in Ireland. Between 1682 and 1686 he attended, and graduated from, Trinity College in Dublin, though he was not, apparently, an exemplary student.
Jonathan Swift, 1667-1745
Site http://cepa.newschool.edu/het/profiles/swift.htm
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".
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) - Biography and Works
Site http://www.online-literature.com/swift/
Jonathan Swift (1667-1745), Irish author and journalist, the foremost prose satirist in the English language. Swift's best known work is Gulliver's Travels (1726). Swift was born in Dublin on November 30,1667. He studied at Kilkenny Grammar School (1674-82) and at Trinity College in Dublin (1682-89), receiving his B.A. in 1868 and M.A. in 1692. In 1695 Swift was ordained in the Church of Ireland (Anglican), Dublin. He made several trips to London and gained fame with his essays. Throughout the reign of Queen Anne (1702-14), Swift was one of the central figures in the literary and political life of London. He was a founder member of the Scriblerus Club, which included such member as Pope, Gay and Congreve.
Jonathan Swift
Site http://www.ricochet-jeunes.org/eng/biblio/author/swift.html
Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin in 1667. He had no father and his uncles decided to take charge of his education. After his university years in Dublin, he left Ireland and joint his mother in Leicester. He became William Temple's secretary, quite an important retired statesman and MP. Swift lived under his supervision for ten years. His job allowed him to attend theology courses and in 1694, he was named Prebent at Kilroot (near Belfast). But he soon comes back with Temple in Surrey, and it was there that he wrote The Battle of the Books and Tale of a Tub (1704), although they weren't published for several more years.
Jonathan Swift E-books
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Jonathan Swift eBooks
"We are one of the great stocks of Europe. We are the people of Burke; we are the people of Swift, the people of Emmet, the people of Parnell. We have created most of the modern literature of this country. We have created the best of its political intelligence."
W. B. Yeats, speech in the Irish Senate, June 11, 1925