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Jonathan Swift Biography Books Facts

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INTRODUCTION Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745), Anglo-Irish satirist and political pamphleteer, considered one of the greatest masters of English prose and one of the most impassioned satirists […]

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About the Author

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Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin, Ireland, November 30, 1667, of Anglo-Irish parents. He was educated in Ireland and graduated from Trinity College in Dublin […]

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Overview

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Gulliver’s Travels relates the adventures of Lemuel Gulliver, an English surgeon, who, in the first quarter of the 18th century, embarks on four voyages to […]

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Setting

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During Gulliver’s stay in Lilliput, the work’s most popular section, Swift depicts a common childhood fantasy-a world proportioned for very small people, the tallest being […]

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Themes and Characters

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The character who merits thorough discussion is Lemuel Gulliver. In many ways Gulliver is an average human being with a profession (surgeon), a family, and […]

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Literary Qualities

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Swift’s masterful use of satire is what has made Gulliver’s Travels the delightfully enduring work that it is. Satire has the advantage of allowing the […]

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Social Sensitivity

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Since any attack on human nature can be disturbing, some readers may have problems with Swift’s pessimistic view of humankind. Only a few admirable examples […]

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Topics for Discussion

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1. What characteristics of the Lilliputians and their society does Swift present for ridicule? 2. In what ways does Gulliver act as the benevolent giant […]

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Related Titles

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There are no other prose works by Swift that are actually connected with Gulliver’s Travels. Both A Tale of a Tub and The Battle of […]