Gulliver's Travels - Swift, Jonathan

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Résumé :
Gulliver's Travel published in England in the eighteenth century is one of the most popular fiction novel throughout the world. This satirical narrative is about Lemuel Gulliver the ill-fated explorer who is ship wrecked first on the isle of Lilliput, inhabited by a race of tiny people and then on Brobdingnag where giants rule the shores. Above all, he voyages to an island floating above the clouds, visits a race of immortals, and finds himself stranded in a land ruled by horses, warring armies and power-hungry kings. However, each journey makes Gulliver more eager to find a way back home, but, once he discovers the truth about his own land and himself, returning home becomes the last thing he desires. Jonathan Swift was an author, journalist, and political activist best known for his satirical novel Gulliver's Travels and for his famous essay on the Irish famine, A Modest Proposal. His book was a great success throughout the British Empire, and it contributed to Swift's instant fame and legitimacy as a writer and social commentator.

Biographie:
Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745) was an Anglo-Irish satirist, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet and cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin. 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 Encyclop?dia Britannica as the foremost prose satirist in the English language and is less well known for his poetry. He originally published all of his works under pseudonyms - such as Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, the 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.

Sommaire:
Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 - 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer, Anglican cleric and satirist who became the dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, and hence his common sobriquet Dean Swift. His deadpan and ironic writing style, particularly in A Modest Proposal, has led to such satire being subsequently termed Swiftian. He is best remembered for his satirical book Gulliver's Travels (1726). Following the remarkable success of his works, Swift came to be regarded by many as the greatest satirist of the 18th century and one of the foremost prose satirists in the history of English literature. Swift also authored works such as A Tale of a Tub (1704), An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity (1712), and A Modest Proposal (1729)....