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Jonathan Swift

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

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Jonathan Swift

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  1. Jonathan Swift By Matt Evans

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. Move into Religion • Ordained as a Protestant priest • Secretary to Sir William Temple • Dean of St. Patrick’s Cathedral

  5. Early Start in Literature • Famous for writing satires • “Battle of the Books” and “A Tale of a Tub” • Satire controversy in England and Ireland

  6. 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

  7. Literature of Swift • “Battle of the Books” written in 1704 • Satire • “A Tale of a Tub” written in 1704 • Also a satire

  8. 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

  9. Literature of Swift Part 3 • “On the Conduct of Allies” written in 1713 • Another satire • “Drapier’s Letters” written in 1724 • Pamphlets of opinions

  10. “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

  11. 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

  12. 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>.

  13. THE END!!!!!!!!!

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