JONATHAN SWIFT (nov 30, 1667 – oct 19, 1745)

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-BORN IN IRELAND OF ENGLISH PARENTS
-ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL WRITERS OF THE AUGUSTAN AGE
- HE WAS MADE DEAN OF ST PATRICK IN 1713
-POLEMICAL GENIUS
- PAMPHLETS: THE BATTLE OF THE BOOKS (DEFENCE OF ANCIENTS' BOOKS), TALE OF A TUB (SATIRE ON CORRUPTION IN THE ROMAN CHURCH), A MODEST PROPOSAL (SATIRE AGAINST RICH PEOPLE OF IRELAND)
-GULLIVER'S TRAVELS

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