A Modest Proposal: For preventing the children of poor people in Ireland, from being a burden on their parents or country, and for making them beneficial to the publick
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A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick, commonly referred to simply as A Modest Proposal, is a 1729 Juvenalian satirical essay by Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift. The essay suggests that poor people in Ireland could ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food to the elite. In English writing, the phrase "a modest proposal" is now conventionally an allusion to this style of deadpan satire.
Subjects: Ireland -- Politics and government -- 18th century -- Humor, Political satire, English, Religious satire, English
Categories: Category: British Literature, Category: Classics of Literature, Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches