The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Dean of St. Patrick's, Dublin. With the Author's Life and Character; Notes Historical, Critical, and Explanatory; ... Edition. In Thirteen Volumes of 13; Volume 10

by Jonathan Swift

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British Library

T052756

The imprints to vols.1, 2, and 6 "Printed for A. Donaldson, and sold at his shops in London and Edinburgh"; those to the other vols. "Printed by A. Donaldson, .. " - "Second issue, 1768: Exactly the same printing as the first issue (thin and s

Edinburgh : printed by Alexander Donaldson. Sold at his shop, No.48, East corner of St. Paul's Church-yard, London; and at Edinburgh, 1768. 13v. ; 12°

390 pages, Hardcover

First published August 4, 2015

About the author

Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift".
Swift is remembered for works such as A Tale of a Tub (1704), An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity (1712), Gulliver's Travels (1726), and A Modest Proposal (1729). He is regarded by the Encyclopædia Britannica as the foremost prose satirist in the English language. He originally published all of his works under pseudonyms—such as Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, M.B. Drapier—or anonymously. He was a master of two styles of satire, the Horatian and Juvenalian styles.
His deadpan, ironic writing style, particularly in A Modest Proposal, has led to such satire being subsequently termed "Swiftian".