A Modest Proposal and Other Writings

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In response to the dire economic conditions in eighteenth-century Ireland, A Modest Proposal ironically exhorts the poor to provide their offspring as food to the rich. Skilfully applying a wealth of classical rhetorical techniques, Swift's satirical tour de force takes a savage swipe at the selfi shness of the ruling classes and the heartlessness of the various utilitarian solutions put forward by contemporary thinkers. In addition to this seminal essay, this volume includes Polite Conversation, a mock handbook about conversational skills which lampoons the vacuousness of British upper-class discourse. Taken together, these humorous and polemical writings provide an invaluable introduction to Swift as a master satirist and pamphleteer.