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Jonathan Swift
Born in
1667
in
Dublin
, of English parents.
After the
Glorious Revolution
of
1688
, Swift moved to England.
In the hope of finding work.
Started to work as secretary to
Sir William Temple
(a Whig Stateman).
He admired his intelligence
.
Encouraged him to write his first SATIRICAL WORKS
(
distortion of reality
).
Swift works for Tample for
10 years
.
Jonathan returned to Ireland in
1695
and became an
Anglican Priest
.
In
1699
,
Temple died
and Swift completed the task of editing and publishing his memoirs.
Swift accepted the post of Anglican minister of a small parish in Dublin.
In the
1704
, Swift's published
TALE OF A TUB
and the
BATTLE OF THE BOOK
(wrote in 1679)
Tale of a Tub
: became a popular success but was criticized by the Church of England.
Battle of the book
: was a bitter satire criticising the bad quality of modern literature.
From
1710
lived permanently in London working as a leading
Tory pamphleteer
.
In
1713
Swift returned to Ireland, where he became dean at
St Patrick’s Cathedral
.
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