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JONATHAN SWIFT
he wrote his first satirical works encouraged by Sir William Temple
THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS
A TALE OF A TUB
GULLIVER'S TRAVELS
it consists of four books
LILLIPUT
BROBDINGNAG
LAPUTA
THE LAND OF THE HOUYHNHNMS
he was controversial
he has always been considered a misanthrope
is a combination of real and imaginary
Gulliver is a typical European
there is the constant opposition between rationality and animality
the work is also a utopian book as it describes imaginary perfect worlds in distant countries
was born in 1667 in Dublin
in 1726 he published his masterpiece
he died in 1745
his political attitude was mainly conservative
he was a hater of man
his biggest interests were irony and satire