Jonathan Swift Flashcards
When was Jonathan Swift born?
b.1667 d.1745
What was Swift’s pseudonym?
Isaac Bickerstaff
What is the subtitle of A Tale of a Tub?
Written for the Universal Improvement of Mankind.
When was A Tale of a Tub published?
1704
Which prose satire of Swift’s deals with the Roman Catholic and Anglican Churches and the English dissenters?
A Tale of a Tub.
What is the famous satire that forms the introduction to A Tale of a Tub?
The Battle of the Books.
What is The Battle of the Books about?
About an epic battle between books in the King’s Library attempting to settle the Ancients Vs Moderns debate.
Which Tory journal did Swift edit?
The Examiner (1710-1714).
When was A Modest Proposal published?
1729.
What is Drapier’s Letters about?
A collection of seven pamphlets written under the name M.B. Drapier representing Ireland as constitutionally and financially independent of Britain. The immediate issue discussed in the pamphlets were the imposition of a copper coin on Ireland that Swift considered inferior in quality.
When was Gulliver’s Travels published?
in 1726, when Swift was 59.
In part 2 of Gulliver’s travels, where does he end up?
Brobdingnag.
What land does Gulliver reach in Part 4 of Gulliver’s Travels?
The Land of Houyhnhnms.
What kind of race is Houyhnhnms?
A race of talking horses. The land also has deformed humanoid creatures called Yahoos.
