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A Giant Among Men (Published 2013)
The New York Times
The Harvard professor Leo Damrosch's commanding new biography, “Jonathan Swift: His Life and His World,” does ample justice to a figure for whom religion and...
132 months ago
A Life of Jonathan Swift, Beyond Satire (Published 2017)
The New York Times
In his new biography “Jonathan Swift: The Reluctant Rebel,” John Stubbs explores the complex life of the man who penned “Gulliver's Travels.
93 months ago
The Blistering Satire Of Jonathan Swift
WBUR
Jonathan Swift wrote “Gulliver's Travels” and blistering satire on human nature. He's relevant again. We'll bring back Jonathan Swift.
128 months ago
8 words coined and popularized by Jonathan Swift
The Week
Three hundred and forty seven years ago today, Jonathan Swift was born. A poet and cleric, Swift published many satirical works under...
119 months ago
Three-year-old helps translate Jonathan Swift's letters to his poo poo ppt
The Guardian
The letters, translated by an academic with the help of her three-year-old son, show Swift addressing Stella as his "poo poo ppt" – his poor poor poppet.
166 months ago
Why Jonathan Swift wanted to ‘vex the world’ with Gulliver’s Travels
The Conversation
In its abridged form, Gulliver's Travels has become a children's classic. But in full, it is a misanthropic satire, scathing of politicians.
79 months ago
Jonathan Swift turns 350 this week. Would the great satirist be disgusted with DC?
The Washington Post
This week marks the 350th birthday of the brilliant Irish writer, born Nov. 30, 1667. That we know of Swift at all is one of the sweetest fortunes of literary...
84 months ago
Jonathan Swift, Irish writer
OUPblog
By Claude Rawson Jonathan Swift, whom T. S. Eliot called “colossal,” “the greatest writer of English prose, and the greatest man who has...
133 months ago
Jonathan Swift: His Life and His World by Leo Damrosch – review
The Guardian
A new biography of the great ironist is convincing about his private life – was he sexually twisted? By John Mullan.
131 months ago
Jonathan Swift by John Stubbs — Gulliver’s troubles
Financial Times
Jonathan Swift used to ridicule the idiotic “modern” idea of understanding writers through their biography. He thought it ridiculous to...
97 months ago