Jonathan Swift

By Matt Evans

Basic Facts

• Born in Dublin, Ireland on Nov. 30, 1667

• Died in Dublin on Oct. 19, 1745

• Age 77• Born into poor family• Parents: Jonathan

Swift, Sr. and Abigail Erick

Growing Up and Education

• Swift given to rich Uncle Godwin

• Studied at Kilkenny Grammar School

• Received Bachelor's and Master’s degrees at Trinity College

Move into Religion

• Ordained as a Protestant priest

• Secretary to Sir William Temple

• Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral

Early Start in Literature

• Famous for writing satires

• “Battle of the Books” and “A Tale of a Tub”

• Satire controversy in England and Ireland

Personal Life of Swift

• Married Esther “Stella” Johnson in 1716

• Johnson died in 1728

• Met Hester “Vanessa” Vanhomrigh in 1713

• Broke Vanessa’s heart in 1723

Literature of Swift

• “Battle of the Books” written in 1704

• Satire• “A Tale of a Tub”

written in 1704• Also a satire

Literature of Swift Part 2

• “Journal to Stella” written from 1710-1713

• Personal feelings of Swift

• “Cadenus and Vanessa” written in 1713

• Wrote story about Vanessa

Literature of Swift Part 3

• “On the Conduct of Allies” written in 1713

• Another satire• “Drapier’s

Letters” written in 1724

• Pamphlets of opinions

“Gulliver’s Travels”

• Written in 1726• Swift’s most

famous work• Tells the story of

an explorer• Written in order to

ridicule human weaknesses and cruelties

Literature of Swift Part 4

• “A Modest Proposal” written in 1729

• Most famous satire

• “Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift” written in 1739

• A compilation of ways Swift could die

Works Cited

• incompetech, . "Jonathan "Isaac Bickerstaff" Swift." incompetech. 1996. incompetech, Web. 5 Oct 2009.

<http://incompetech.com/authors/swift/>. • Liukkonen, Petri. "Jonathan Swift." Books and Writers. 2008.

Amazon.com, Web. 5 Oct 2009.

<http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/jswift.htm>. • Asiado, Tel. "Jonathan Swift Biography." suite101. 20 Apr. 2009.

Great Writers, Web. 5 Oct 2009. <http://great-writers.suite101.com/article.cfm/jonathan_swift_biography>.

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