Swift raises doubts about the classifications and sizes of objects that we perceive all around us in Gulliver's Travels. These stories have clever dialogue with subtly political and social satire. His use of language to spread the use of humour and common sense, which humans fail to utilise, makes the story flow flawlessly and makes it incredibly simple to follow. There are also confirmed instances of laughter throughout. Although many kids read this book and appreciate Gulliver's adventures, when read by an adult, a completely different wisdom and perspective on people and mankind emerges.
Product Details
Title:
Gulliver's Travels
Author:
Jonathan Swift
Publisher:
Grapevine India
SKU:
BK0427453
EAN:
9789390213443
Number Of Pages:
327
Language:
English
Binding:
Print length
Release date:
18 November 2022
About Author
Born in 1667, Jonathan Swift was an Irish writer and cleric, best known for his works Gulliver s Travels, A Modest Proposal, and A Journal to Stella, amongst many others. Educated at Trinity College in Dublin, Swift received his Doctor of Divinity in February 1702, and eventually became Dean of St. Patrick s Cathedral in Dublin. Publishing under the names of Lemeul Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, and M. B. Drapier, Swift was a prolific writer who, in addition to his prose works, composed poetry, essays, and political pamphlets for both the Whigs and the Tories, and is considered to be one of the foremost English-language satirists, mastering both the Horatian and Juvenalian styles. Swift died in 1745, leaving the bulk of his fortune to found St. Patrick s Hospital for Imbeciles, a hospital for the mentally ill, which continues to operate as a psychiatric hospital today.
Jonathan Swift(1667 1745), a poet, satirist, and clergyman, published many satirical works, among them A Modest Proposal. Robert DeMaria, Jr. is Henry Noble McCracken Professor of English at Vassar College. He has published widely on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century literature.
