Swift publishes the Drapier's Letters
Poet involved
What happened
In 1724, Jonathan Swift began publishing the Drapier's Letters in Ireland. The letters attacked William Wood's patent for copper coinage and defended Irish economic interests. They turned Swift into a powerful voice of Irish political resistance.
Literary impact
Swift showed how prose satire could mobilise a public under a fictional persona. The letters helped shape Irish political writing and the tradition of using wit as a weapon against colonial misgovernment.
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