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Scholars have speculated about which earlier works Swift may have had in mind when he wrote A Modest Proposal. Tertullian's Apology. James William Johnson argues that A Modest Proposal was largely influenced and inspired by Tertullian's Apology: a satirical attack against early Roman persecution of Christianity.
- 1729
- Satirical essay
Mar 7, 2024 · In “A Modest Proposal,” Swift presents a shocking solution to Ireland’s poverty problem: he suggests that impoverished Irish families should sell their children as food to wealthy English landlords.
A Modest Proposal is an essay written by Jonathan Swift. The full title of the essay is ‘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’ and is commonly known as ‘A Modest Proposal’ in its short form.
A Modest Proposal For preventing the Children of Poor People From being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and For making them Beneficial to the Publick, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729.
“A Modest Proposal,” published in 1729 in response to worsening conditions in Ireland, is the severest and most scathing of all Swift's pamphlets. The tract did not shock or outrage contemporary readers as Swift must have intended. Its economics was taken as a great joke, its more incisive critiques ignored.
A MODEST PROPOSAL For preventing the CHILDREN OF POOR PEOPLE From being a Burthen to their parents, OR THE COUNTRY, AND For making them Beneficial to the PUBLICK. by Dr. SWIFT Dublin , printed by S. Harding: London , Re-printed; and sold by J. Roberts in Warwick-lane, and the Pamphlet-Shops M.DCC.XXIX Page 2
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