| A Modest Proposal: The Original 1729 Edition Contributor(s): Swift, Jonathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1947844466 ISBN-13: 9781947844469 Publisher: Suzeteo Enterprises OUR PRICE: $15.67 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | Political - Social Science | Demography - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Dewey: 828.507 |
| Lexile Measure: 1520 |
| Physical Information: 0.25" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.42 lbs) 36 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Jonathan Swift thought that England's anti-poverty proposals were so outrageously evil that nothing short of an absurd parody of them would suffice. His "Modest Proposal: 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" is presented with a completely straight face. The irony is this: in the three centuries since, humanity has made it increasingly difficult to find evils so absurd that no one would actually attempt them, leaving modern-day Swifts with little material to work with anymore. |