ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -Gulliver’s Travels, original title Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, four-part satirical work by Anglo-Irish author Jonathan Swift, published anonymously in 1726 as Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.

Detailed explanation-2: -Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels was first published in 1726 under the title Travels into several Remote Nations of the World. The fantastical narrative was initially presented as a factual account written by ‘Lemuel Gulliver, first a surgeon, and then a captain of several ships’.

Detailed explanation-3: -It is Swift’s best known full-length work, and a classic of English literature. Swift claimed that he wrote Gulliver’s Travels “to vex the world rather than divert it". The book was an immediate success.

Detailed explanation-4: -In his most recognized novel, Gulliver’s Travels (1726), Swift presents a satire on all aspects of humanity by pointing out the weaknesses, vices, and follies inherent in all human beings; the satire reaches its apex in Swift’s comparison of Houyhnhnms (horses) and Yahoos (human-like creatures) in Book IV.

Detailed explanation-5: -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).