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  2. Jonathan Swift - Wikipedia

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    Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish [1] writer who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, [2] hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift". His deadpan , ironic writing style, particularly in A Modest Proposal , has led to such satire being subsequently termed "Swiftian".

  3. A Modest Proposal - Wikipedia

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    A painting of Jonathan Swift. Swift's essay is widely held to be one of the greatest examples of sustained irony in the history of English literature.Much of its shock value derives from the fact that the first portion of the essay describes the plight of starving beggars in Ireland, so that the reader is unprepared for the surprise of Swift's solution when he states: "A young healthy child ...

  4. The Battle of the Books - Wikipedia

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    "The Battle of the Books" is a short satire written by Jonathan Swift and published as part of the prolegomena to his A Tale of a Tub in 1704. It depicts a literal battle between books in the King's Library (housed in St James's Palace at the time of the writing), as ideas and authors struggle for supremacy.

  5. List of satirists and satires - Wikipedia

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    The Colbert Report (US Talk Show) The Day Today (UK TV news parody by Chris Morris) Brass Eye (UK current affairs TV-show parody by Chris Morris) On the Hour (UK news radio parody by Chris Morris) TV Offal (UK TV critique show by Victor Lewis-Smith) This Hour Has 22 Minutes (Canadian TV show) South Park (Trey Parker and Matt Stone)

  6. The Adventures of Gulliver - Wikipedia

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    The show is loosely based on the 1726 satirical novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. The show aired Saturday mornings on ABC-TV and lasted for one season in its original broadcast. [2] Flirtacia appeared in the third season of Jellystone!.

  7. Gregg Wallace: The British Miracle Meat - Wikipedia

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    It was later revealed that the documentary was a parody based on Jonathan Swift's satirical essay, A Modest Proposal, written in 1729. Swift had suggested that poor Irish people should sell their children to the rich as food. The essay was also shown in the credits. [4] Wallace wrote in Instagram a day after the broadcast: "Thank you for watching.

  8. Swiftian - Wikipedia

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    Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist Jonathan Swift or his works. American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift or her works. This page was last edited on 30 ...

  9. Gulliver's Travels - Wikipedia

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    Gulliver's Travels, originally Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.In Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships is a 1726 prose satire [1] [2] by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift, satirising both human nature and the "travellers' tales" literary subgenre.