ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Swift is remembered for works such as A Tale of a Tub (1704), An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity (1712), Gulliver’s Travels (1726), and A Modest Proposal (1729).

Detailed explanation-2: -Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish author who is regarded as one of the foremost prose satirists in the history of English literature. He wrote essays, poetry, pamphlets, and a novel. He often published anonymously or under pseudonyms, including Isaac Bickerstaff, and is noted for his use of ironic invented personas.

Detailed explanation-3: -Jonathan Swift initially did his best to conceal the fact that he was the author of Gulliver’s Travels.

Detailed explanation-4: -Swift originally published all of his work under pseudonyms-such as Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, M.B. Drapier-or anonymously. He is known for being a master of two styles of satire; the Horatian and Juvenalian styles.