Jonathan Swift(1667 - 1745) is a satirist, essayist, Anglo-Irish and one of the major poet of Augustan Age. Swift wrote many famous fictions and the most notable work Gulliver's Travel in 1726. He formed a literary club in 1713 along with Alexander Pope and other famous poets of that period and also he became the dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin. After the death of his beloved wife Stella, Swift's health becomes unstable due to the grief and he died in 1745.
Notable Works:
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- Gulliver's Travel
- A Modest Proposal
- A Tale of a Tub
- The Battle of the Books
- Drapier's Letter
Gulliver's Travel is the masterpiece done by Swift was published in four books, the first book was published without any author 's name in the title of Travels into Several Remote Nations of the world and with the touch of satire. The theme is all about the protagonist travels all around the world and meet different structured people those who are too tall or too short, this work is famous till now among children and even adults. The Battle of the Books is first published in 1704 which is a mock heroic work, the battle between the books in King's library.
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Quotes of Jonathan Swift
"Vision is the art of seeing things invisible."
"He was a bold man that first ate an oyster."
"Satire is a sort of glass, wherein beholders do generally discover everybody's face but their own."
"A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart."
"We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another."
"No wise man ever wished to be younger."
"A wise man should have money in his head, but not in his heart."
"We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another."
"No wise man ever wished to be younger."
"There is nothing constant in this world but inconsistency. "
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