Podróże Gulliwera

by Jonathan Swift, Anonymous (Translator)

Najwybitniejszym dziełem Swifta są Podróże Gulliwera (1726, wydanie polskie 1784), gorzka satyra społeczna i polityczna godząca zarazem w optymistyczną filozofię epoki Oświecenia. Dzięki barwnym wątkom przygodowym powieść ta stała się - w różnych adaptacjach - bardzo popularną lekturą wielu pokoleń młodzieży i dorosłych czytelników. (Od wydawcy)

358 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 1956

About the author

Jonathan Swift was an Anglo-Irish satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whigs, then for the Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift".
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). He is regarded by the Encyclopædia Britannica as the foremost prose satirist in the English language. He originally published all of his works under pseudonyms—such as Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, M.B. Drapier—or anonymously. He was a master of two styles of satire, the Horatian and Juvenalian styles.
His deadpan, ironic writing style, particularly in A Modest Proposal, has led to such satire being subsequently termed "Swiftian".