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“La verdadera ironía es una expresión de sufrimiento, y el gran maestro de la ironía fue aquél que más sufrió: Swift.” T. S. Eliot “Pensar en Swift es pensar en la ruina de un gran imperio.” William

The first reissue of this irreverent pamphlet for almost 300 years includes notes and a biography of Swift, as well as the charming subtitle An accurate description of the birth, education, manner of living, religion, politics, learning etc. of Mine Arse [the eighth wonder of the world]. A glorious exercise in cheeky punmanship, The Wonderful Wonder of Wonders sees Jonathan Swift in fine form. Flying by the seat of his pants, the great author treats us to a condensed biography of his posterior, enlivened by some inspired wordplay. Originally a mockery of the proposed establishment of a national bank in his native Ireland, and the climate of financial hysteria that inspired it, Swifts pamphlet contains some timely economic skepticism, as well as a healthy dose of scatological double entendres. Also including a selection of Swifts other lesser-known works, this volume is a hilarious and illuminating read for any fans of Irelands most illustrious wit.

PUEDE SABER CUÁNDO APARECE UN GENIO EN EL MUNDO POR LA SIGUIENTE SEÑAL: LA CONJURA DE LOS NECIOS EN SU CONTRA. EN LA DISCUSIÓN, COMO EN LA GUERRA, EL LADO MÁS DÉBIL DEBE PRENDER LUCES FALSAS Y GENERAR MUCHO RUIDO PARA HACER CREER AL CONTRARIO QUE ES MÁS NUMEROSO Y FUERTE DE LO QUE EN REALIDAD ES. UN ENFERMO ES COMO UN PERRO: EN SUCIA A QUIENES MÁS AMA. ALGUNAS PERSONAS SON MÁS CAUTAS EN OCULTAR SU SABIDURÍA QUE SU TORPEZA. CUANDO LEO UN LIBRO, NO IMPORTA SI ESTÁ LLENO DE SABIDURÍA O DE TORPEZA, SIENTO COMO SI ESTUVIERA VIVO, COMO SI ME HABLARA.

"What is the nature, essence, and definition of a fart? What are the consequences and disadvantages of suppressing one? Why is farting considered to be a taboo?" Swift's treatise argues eloquently, in a forceful and posteriori fashion, that most of the distempers thought to affect the fairer sex are due to flatulences not adequately vented. To complete the excursus into this venerable and age-old human activity, Charles James Fox's "Essay upon Wind" provides a detailed analysis, classification, and history of farting, peppered with wit and curious anecdotes about particularly eminent and historic farters.

Este ebook presenta "Los viajes de Gulliver", con un sumario dinámico y detallado. Los viajes de Gulliver es una novela de Jonathan Swift, publicada en 1726. Aunque se la ha considerado con frecuencia una obra infantil, en realidad es una satira feroz de la sociedad y la condicion humana, camuflada como un libro de viajes por paises pintorescos. La novela cuenta los fantasticos viajes del cirujano y capitan de barco Lemuel Gulliver tras su naufragio en una isla perdida. Pronto Gulliver descubrira que la isla esta habitada por una increible sociedad de seres humanos de tan solo seis pulgadas de estatura, los liliputienses, engreidos y vanidosos ciudadanos de Liliput. En un segundo viaje Gulliver descubre Brodbingnag, una tierra poblada por hombres gigantes, de gran capacidad practica, pero incapaces de pensamientos abstractos. En su tercer viaje va a parar a la isla volante de Laputa, cuyos habitantes son cientificos e intelectuales, ciertamente pedantes, obsesionados con su particular campo de investigacion pero totalmente ignorantes del resto de la realidad. Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745) fue un escritor satirico irlandes. Su obra principal es Los viajes de Gulliver, que constituye una de las criticas mas amargas que se han escrito contra la sociedad y la condicion humana. Su novela Los viajes de Gulliver tuvo una influencia determinante en autores radicales ingleses como William Godwin y Thomas Paine.

Peter, Martin and Jack are three brothers who inherit three coats form their father. The last wish of their father is that they must never sell or alter their coats. In their early age the three boys follow their fathers last words very strictly, but over time fashion changes. Many different and better-looking clothes starts to be produced. This is also the reason why the brothers feel lagging behind and no longer fit into the higher society. They must find a solution fast if they want to regain their position in the elite.What lesson did the father wanted to teach his sons? Will the boys retain the original look of their coats? Or they will be tempted to alter them, so they can fall back into society? Will they regret their choice?Find all the answers in Jonathan Swifts satire novel "A Tale of a Tub", published in 1704.

The wits of the present age being so very numerous and penetrating, it seems the grandees of Church and State begin to fall under horrible apprehensions lest these gentlemen, during the intervals of a long peace, should find leisure to pick holes in the weak sides of religion and government. To prevent which, there has been much thought employed of late upon certain projects for taking off the force and edge of those formidable inquirers from canvassing and reasoning upon such delicate points. They have at length fixed upon one, which will require some time as well as cost to perfect. Meanwhile, the danger hourly increasing, by new levies of wits, all appointed (as there is reason to fear) with pen, ink, and paper, which may at an hours warning be drawn out into pamphlets and other offensive weapons ready for immediate execution, it was judged of absolute necessity that some present expedient be thought on till the main design can be brought to maturity. To this end, at a grand committee, some days ago, this important discovery was made by a certain curious and refined observer, that seamen have a custom when they meet a Whale to fling him out an empty Tub, by way of amusement, to divert him from laying violent hands upon the Ship. This parable was immediately mythologised; the Whale was interpreted to be Hobbess Leviathan, which tosses and plays with all other schemes of religion and government, whereof a great many are hollow, and dry, and empty, and noisy, and wooden, and given to rotation. This is the Leviathan from whence the terrible wits of our age are said to borrow their weapons.

Indeed I must confess, that as to the people of Lilliput, Brobdingrag (for so the word should have been spelt, and not erroneously Brobdingnag), and Laputa, I have never yet heard of any Yahoo so presumptuous as to dispute their being, or the facts I have related concerning them; because the truth immediately strikes every reader with conviction. And is there less probability in my account of the Houyhnhnms or Yahoos, when it is manifest as to the latter, there are so many thousands even in this country, who only differ from their brother brutes in Houyhnhnmland, because they use a sort of jabber, and do not go naked? I wrote for their amendment, and not their approbation. The united praise of the whole race would be of less consequence to me, than the neighing of those two degenerate Houyhnhnms I keep in my stable; because from these, degenerate as they are, I still improve in some virtues without any mixture of vice.Do these miserable animals presume to think, that I am so degenerated as to defend my veracity? Yahoo as I am, it is well known through all Houyhnhnmland, that, by the instructions and example of my illustrious master, I was able in the compass of two years (although I confess with the utmost difficulty) to remove that infernal habit of lying, shuffling, deceiving, and equivocating, so deeply rooted in the very souls of all my species; especially the Europeans.I have other complaints to make upon this vexatious occasion; but I forbear troubling myself or you any further. I must freely confess, that since my last return, some corruptions of my Yahoo nature have revived in me by conversing with a few of your species, and particularly those of my own family, by an unavoidable necessity; else I should never have attempted so absurd a project as that of reforming the Yahoo race in this kingdom: But I have now done with all such visionary schemes for ever.April 2, 1727

The history of the publication of the Journal to Stella is somewhat curious. On Swifts death twenty-five of the letters, forming the closing portion of the series, fell into the hands of Dr. Lyon, a clergyman who had been in charge of Swift for some years. The letters passed to a man named Wilkes, who sold them for publication. They accordingly appeared in 1766 in the tenth volume of Dr. Hawkesworths quarto edition of Swifts works; but the editor made many changes in the text, including a suppression of most of the little language. The publishers, however, fortunately for us, were public-spirited enough to give the manuscripts (with one exception) to the British Museum, where, after many years, they were examined by John Forster, who printed in his unfinished Life of Swift numerous passages from the originals, showing the manner in which the text had been tampered with by Hawkesworth. Swift himself, too, in his later years, obliterated many words and sentences in the letters, and Forster was able to restore not a few of these omissions. His zeal, however, sometimes led him to make guesses at words which are quite undecipherable.

Jonathan Swifts A Modest Proposal is one of the earliest and most seminal satirical essays written in English. Having as an original title "A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People From Being a Burden on Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick," it expresses deep anger at the squalor and miserable conditions from which the Irish people was suffering in the eighteenth century. Swift ironically suggests that poor Irish families could sell their children to rich Englishmen as an ultimate solution to their miseries. The essay, which is generally characterized by a rather bitter, ironic and hyperbolic tone , provides details of how to convert the problem that Irish children represent into its own solution. He even dares to propose selling those children to meat markets to be served as food for the rich. He ironically gives a complete analysis about how this weird solution would help combat unemployment and overpopulation and boost the countrys economy. What is worth noting, however, is that Swift does not put all the burden on the shoulders of English rulers, rich men and Irish politicians. Indeed, the essay also represents a work of self-criticism where the Irish masses are equally blamed for not being able to help themselves.

Dr. Johnson, in his "Life of Swift," after citing with approval Delanys character of him, as he describes him to Lord Orrery, proceeds to say: "In the poetical works there is not much upon which the critic can exercise his powers. They are often humorous, almost always light, and have the qualities which recommend such compositions, easiness and gaiety. They are, for the most part, what their author intended. The diction is correct, the numbers are smooth, and the rhymes exact. There seldom occurs a hard laboured expression or a redundant epithet; all his verses exemplify his own definition of a good stylethey consist of proper words in proper places."

The author of these Travels, Mr. Lemuel Gulliver, is my ancient and intimate friend; there is likewise some relation between us on the mothers side. About three years ago, Mr. Gulliver growing weary of the concourse of curious people coming to him at his house in Redriff, made a small purchase of land, with a convenient house, near Newark, in Nottinghamshire, his native country; where he now lives retired, yet in good esteem among his neighbours.Although Mr. Gulliver was born in Nottinghamshire, where his father dwelt, yet I have heard him say his family came from Oxfordshire; to confirm which, I have observed in the churchyard at Banbury in that county, several tombs and monuments of the Gullivers.Before he quitted Redriff, he left the custody of the following papers in my hands, with the liberty to dispose of them as I should think fit. I have carefully perused them three times. The style is very plain and simple; and the only fault I find is, that the author, after the manner of travellers, is a little too circumstantial. There is an air of truth apparent through the whole; and indeed the author was so distinguished for his veracity, that it became a sort of proverb among his neighbours at Redriff, when any one affirmed a thing, to say, it was as true as if Mr. Gulliver had spoken it.

In "The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces," Jonathan Swift presents a rich tapestry of satire and wit that critiques the literary landscape of his time. This collection, particularly famous for the allegorical "The Battle of the Books," serves as an incisive commentary on the intellectual battleground between the Ancients and the Moderns. By utilizing a blend of prose and verse, Swift employs intricate allegory alongside biting humor, reflecting the contentious debates of the late 17th and early 18th centuries. His style is both playful and erudite, inviting readers into a dialogue about the value of classical knowledge versus emerging modern thought. Jonathan Swift, an iconic figure of English literature and a central member of the Scriblerus Club, was profoundly influenced by the political and intellectual currents of his time. Known for his sharp satirical prowess, Swift often used his writings to challenge societal norms and the pretensions of various literary schools. His discontent with the declining quality of contemporary literature and the burgeoning of modern thought likely spurred the creation of these pieces, wherein he fiercely defends the merit of classical works. "The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces" is highly recommended for anyone interested in the roots of modern satire and the literary debates that shape our understanding of literature today. SwiftAos incisive narrative not only entertains but also compels readers to question the trajectory of intellectual thought, making it an essential read for scholars and casual readers alike.

Gullivers Travels describes the four voyages of Lemuel Gulliver, a ships surgeon. In Lilliput he discovers a world in miniature; towering over the people and their city, he is able to view their society from the viewpoint of a god. However, in Brobdingnag, a land of giants, tiny Gulliver himself comes under observation, exhibited as a curiosity at markets and fairs. In Laputa, a flying island, he encounters a society of speculators and projectors who have lost all grip on everyday reality; while they plan and calculate, their country lies in ruins. Gullivers final voyage takes him to the land of the Houyhnhnms, gentle horses whom he quickly comes to admire - in contrast to the Yahoos, filthy bestial creatures who bear a disturbing resemblance to humans. This text, based on the first edition of 1726, reproduces all the original illustrations and includes an introduction by Robert Demaria, Jr, which discusses the ways Gullivers Travels has been interpreted since its first publication. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) was born in Dublin.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.

Jonathan Swift escribe esta sátira en 1729, una época en la que debido al desabastecimiento de productos de primera necesidad y las malas cosechas, la gente se moría literalmente de hambre. En este texto provocador, exquisitamente escrito y no exento de ironia, nos propone una solucion razonable para acabar con la hambruna, elevar la renta del pais y lo mas importante asegurar el futuro de todos los subditos del reino. Una humilde propuesta es, formalmente, una parodia satirica indispensable para entender la obra de Swift magistralmente ilustrada por Segei Furst.

O jovem Gulliver é um médico cirurgião e aprendiz de navegação sedento de aventuras. Agora é o único sobrevivente de um naufrágio e foi parar em uma curiosa terra, onde conhece lugares e pessoas bast

Inútil recordarlo: política y mentira suelen ser buenas compañeras. Parece, sin embargo, que los políticos de hoy mienten con torpeza: seguramente, a no pocos haría bien recordar las recomendaciones que algunos sagaces britanicos dejaron escritas alla a principios del siglo XVIII. Cuando la incipiente politica parlamentaria iba perfilando las modalidades de las que siguen viviendo nuestras democracias, Jonathan Swift y sus satiricos amigos descubrieron la siguiente verdad: el mentir bien a los ciudadanos no es cosa que se improvise; es un arte con todas sus reglas...

In Jonathan Swifts satirical masterpiece, "A Tale of a Tub," the author constructs a complex narrative that critiques religious divisions and the misuse of language. Written in a lively, allegorical style, the work reflects the tumultuous political landscape of early 18th-century England, highlighting the conflict between varying sects of Christianity through the stories of three brothers, representing differing philosophies pertaining to faith and reason. Swift employs a rich tapestry of irony, parody, and vivid imagery, inviting readers to engage critically with the absurdities of dogma and the pretentiousness of learned discourse. Jonathan Swift, a prominent satirist and cleric, drew on his experiences as a political commentator and cultural observer to craft this work. His deep-seated distrust of both political and religious institutions undoubtedly informs the thematic concerns of the narrative, as Swift grappled with the complexities of belief and the often ridiculous lengths to which adherents would go to defend their doctrines. By incorporating personal reflections and social critiques, Swift positions himself as both a participant in and an observer of the societal mores of his time. "A Tale of a Tub" is essential reading for anyone interested in the intersections of literature, religion, and politics. Swifts incisive wit and astute observations make this text a compelling exploration of the human condition, providing timeless insights into the follies of mankind and the impact of fanaticism. For scholars and general readers alike, this work remains a profound and entertaining examination of the world through a distinctly satirical lens.