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Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish essayist, satirist, poet, political pamphleteer, and cleric. He became a Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin. His common handle was “Dean Swift.” He first supported Whigs and then Tories in his political career.

The most celebrated works of Jonathan swift include A Tale of Tub, Gulliver’s Travels, An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity, and A Modest Proposal. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, he is considered one of the leading satirists in the English language.

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His poetry is less known than his prose works. Originally, he published his work under the pseudonyms such as Isaac Bickerstaff, Lamuel Gulliver, M. B Drapier. He also published his works anonymously. He mastered the two styles of satires: Juvenalian satire and Horatian satire.

His ironic and satirical writing style and deadpan has attained an adjective “Swiftian.” A Modest Proposal is considered as one of the harshest and best satirical work.

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