{"product_id":"a-modest-proposal-and-other-satires","title":"A Modest Proposal and Other Satires","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJonathan Swift’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Modest Proposal and Other Satires\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brings together some of the sharpest and most unsettling writing of the eighteenth century. First published in 1729, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Modest Proposal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Swift’s notorious satirical essay in which he presents an apparently rational solution to Ireland’s poverty: that the children of the poor should be sold as food to the wealthy. Delivered in the measured language of an economic argument, this grotesque suggestion exposes the cruelty, indifference and hypocrisy underlying British rule and the treatment of the Irish poor. Swift’s extraordinary command of irony transforms political outrage into one of the most provocative works in English prose.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe other satires reveal the breadth of Swift’s imagination, moving between political corruption, religious controversy, human vanity and the absurdities of social life. His writing combines intellectual precision with savage humour, exposing the contradictions of an age that celebrated reason while tolerating profound injustice. Both fiercely political and remarkably entertaining, these works offer an essential introduction to Swift’s satirical genius and his enduring influence on English literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom the book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"I profess, in the sincerity of my heart, that I have not the least personal interest in endeavouring to promote this necessary work.\"\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— Jonathan Swift, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Modest Proposal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn A Modest Proposal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“This approximately 4,000-word essay exhibits Swift at his merciless best.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— The Guardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gardner's EU","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":64214786113866,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/thelamppostparis.com\/fr\/products\/a-modest-proposal-and-other-satires","provider":"The Lamp-Post Library \u0026 Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}