La obra se considera un clasico de la literatura universal y ha inspirado numerosas adaptaciones y versiones. El libro se volvio famoso tan pronto como fue publicado. Es una satira en prosa del escritor y clerigo irlandes Jonathan Swift, que es a la vez una satira sobre la naturaleza humana y el subgenero literario de los "relatos de viajes."
La obra se considera un clasico de la literatura universal y ha inspirado numerosas adaptaciones y versiones. El libro se volvio famoso tan pronto com...
A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland From Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a Juvenalian satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729. Swift suggests in his essay that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling children as food for rich gentlemen and ladies. By doing this he mocks the authority of the British officials.
A Modest Proposal is included in many literature programs as an example of...
A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland From Being a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Benefi...
