Jonathan Swift had “beat us all to the porch” long ago. Here I excerpt some passages from that essay, published in March of 2012, to direct attention back to...
18 months ago

In his new biography “Jonathan Swift: The Reluctant Rebel,” John Stubbs explores the complex life of the man who penned “Gulliver's Travels.
95 months ago

Swift believed that humans have an innate capacity for reason, which they fail to use. But did he take the human comedy too seriously?
98 months ago

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...
133 months ago

Jonathan Swift wrote “Gulliver's Travels” and blistering satire on human nature. He's relevant again. We'll bring back Jonathan Swift.
130 months ago

Three hundred and forty seven years ago today, Jonathan Swift was born. A poet and cleric, Swift published many satirical works under various pseudonyms.
74 months ago

A Modest Proposal for preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the...
75 months ago

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...
85 months ago

Gulliver's Travels author and satirist used baby talk for coded intimacy in journal of letters.
167 months ago

The National Book Critics Circle (NBCC) has honored “Jonathan Swift: His Life and His World” by Leo Damrosch '63 — published by Yale...
130 months ago