Swift publishes A Modest Proposal
Poet involved
What happened
In 1729, Jonathan Swift published A Modest Proposal. The pamphlet's speaker coldly suggests that poor Irish children be sold as food. Its shocking irony attacked English policy, Irish landlordism and dehumanising economic logic.
Literary impact
Swift created one of the most powerful examples of sustained satirical persona in English. The work remains central to teaching irony, moral outrage and the literary exposure of political cruelty.
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