Jonathan Swift: Vexing the Rascally World
In a letter of Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) addressed to the poet Alexander Pope (1688–1744), dated September 29, 1725, Swift spoke of returning to the grand monde of Dublin…
The Fall and Degeneration of Man in “Gulliver’s Travels”
On October 28, 1726, the book known today as Gulliver’s Travels was published as Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World. A mock work of travel literature,…
