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A Modest Proposal For Fixing America’s Broken Election System
In his “A Modest Proposal,” Jonathan Swift sarcastically proposed that Ireland swallow its children to solve its most pressing problem.
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About Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish writer, essayist, satirist, and Anglican cleric. He was the author of the satirical prose novel Gulliver's Travels (1726) and the creator of the fictional island of Lilliput. He is regarded by many as the greatest satirist of the Georgian era and one of the foremost prose authors in the history of English and world literature.
Everything about Jonathan Swift →- Occupation
- poet, novelist, satirist, philosopher
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Ireland, Ireland
- Born
- November 30, 1667
- Died
- October 19, 1745