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Jonathan Swift: Encyclopedia II - A Tale of a Tub - Authorial background

Born of English parents in Ireland, Jonathan Swift was working as Sir William Temple's secretary at the time he composed A Tale of a Tub (1694-1697). The publication of the work coincided with Swift's striking out on his own, having despaired of getting a good "living" from Temple or Temple's influence. There is speculation about what caused the rift between Swift and his employer, but it seems that the final straw came with Swift's work on Temple's Letters. Swift had been engaged to translate Temple's French correspondence, bu ...

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A Tale of a Tub, A Tale of a Tub - Summary, A Tale of a Tub - Cultural setting, A Tale of a Tub - Authorial background, A Tale of a Tub - Nature of the satire, A Tale of a Tub - Historical background, A Tale of a Tub - Publication history, A Tale of a Tub - Authorship debate

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Jonathan Swift: Encyclopedia II - William Edward Hartpole Lecky - Career

In 1860 he published anonymously a small book entitled The Religious Tendencies of the Age, but on leaving college he abandoned his original intention and turned to historiography. In 1861 he published Leaders of Public Opinion in Ireland, a brief sketch of the lives and work of Jonathan Swift, Henry Flood, Henry Grattan and Daniel O'Connell, which showed great promise. This book, originally published anonymously, was republished in 1871; and the essay on Swift, rewritten and amplified, appeared again in 1897 as an introduction ...

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William Edward Hartpole Lecky, William Edward Hartpole Lecky - Early Life, William Edward Hartpole Lecky - Career, William Edward Hartpole Lecky - Degrees, William Edward Hartpole Lecky - Family, William Edward Hartpole Lecky - Reference

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Jonathan Swift: Encyclopedia II - Consubstantiation - History and culture

In England in the late 14th century, there was a political and religious movement known as Lollardy. Among much broader goals, the Lollards affirmed a form of consubstantiation -- that the Eucharist remained physically bread and wine, while becoming spiritually the body and blood of Christ. Lollardy was effectively ended with the execution of John Badby for heresy by burning at the stake. In literature the conflict between Consubstantiation and Transubstantiation was satirically described in Jonathan Swift's " ...

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Consubstantiation, Consubstantiation - History and culture

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Jonathan Swift: Encyclopedia II - Misanthropy - Misanthropy in Literature

Misanthropy has been ascribed to a number of writers of satire, such as William S. Gilbert ("I hate my fellow-man"), but such identifications must be closely scrutinized because a critical or darkly humorous outlook toward humankind may be mistaken for genuine misanthropy. Jonathan Swift is widely accused of misanthropy (see A Tale of a Tub and, most especially, Book IV of Gulliver's Travels). But Swift was also involved. for many charitable organizations in Dubli ...

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Misanthropy, Misanthropy - Forms of Misanthropy, Misanthropy - Misanthropy in Literature, Misanthropy - Misanthropy in Philosophy, Misanthropy - Misanthropy in Popular Culture

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Jonathan Swift: Encyclopedia II - Yahoo! - History

Yahoo! started out as "Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web" but eventually received a new moniker with the help of a dictionary. "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle" is a backronym for "yahoo", but Filo and Yang insist they selected the name because they liked the word's general definition, as in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift: "rude, unsophisticated, uncouth." Yahoo itself first resided on Yang's student workstation, "Akebono," while the software was lodged on Filo's computer, "Konishiki"—both named after legendary sum ...

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Yahoo!, Yahoo! - History, Yahoo! - Controversy, Yahoo! - Important events, Yahoo! - Yahoo! Research Labs

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Jonathan Swift: Encyclopedia II - John Arbuthnot - As a Scribleran

In 1710, Jonathan Swift moved to London. Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford (who was then the secretary of the treasury and not a peer) and he produced the Tory The Examiner, and Arbuthnot made their acquaintance and began to provide "hints" to them. These "hints" were ideas for essays, satirical gambits, and facts, rather than secrets of any sort. From 1711 to 1713, Arbuthnot and Swift formed "The Brothers' Club," though Arbuthnot characteristically gave away his ideas and ...

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John Arbuthnot, John Arbuthnot - Biography, John Arbuthnot - As a Scribleran, John Arbuthnot - Life during the Hanoverians, John Arbuthnot - Literary significance

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Jonathan Swift: Encyclopedia II - Misanthropy - Misanthropy in Literature

Misanthropy has been ascribed to a number of writers of satire, such as William S. Gilbert ("I hate my fellow-man"), but such identifications must be closely scrutinized because a critical or darkly humorous outlook toward humankind may be mistaken for genuine misanthropy. Jonathan Swift is widely accused of misanthropy (see A Tale of a Tub and, most especially, Book IV of Gulliver's Travels). But Swift was also involved with many charitable organizations in Dubli ...

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Misanthropy, Misanthropy - Forms of Misanthropy, Misanthropy - Misanthropy in Literature, Misanthropy - Misanthropy in Philosophy, Misanthropy - Misanthropy in Popular Culture

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Jonathan Swift: Encyclopedia II - Oxymoron - Examples

Oxymoron - Deliberate Use of Oxymoron. "O miserable abundance, O beggarly riches!" John Donne, Devotions on Emergent Occasions "I do here make humbly bold to present them with a short account of themselves... " Jonathan Swift "The bookful blockhead, ignoriantly read, / With loads of learned lumber in his head..." Alexander Pope "He was now sufficiently composed to order a funeral of modest magnificence..." Samuel Johnson "O anything of nothing first create! / O hea ...

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Oxymoron, Oxymoron - Examples, Oxymoron - Deliberate Use of Oxymoron, Oxymoron - Examples of Perceived Oxymoron

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Jonathan Swift: Encyclopedia II - Augustan prose - Satire unclassified

A single name overshadows all others in 18th century prose satire: Jonathan Swift. Swift wrote poetry as well as prose, and his satires range over all topics. Critically, Swift's satire marked the development of prose parody away from simple satire or burlesque. A burlesque or lampoon in prose would imitate a despised author and quickly move to reductio ad absurdum by having the victim say things coarse or idiotic. On the other hand, other satires would argue against a habit, practice, or policy by making fun of its reach or compositi ...

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Augustan prose, Augustan prose - The precondition of literacy, Augustan prose - The essay/journalism, Augustan prose - Philosophy and religious writing, Augustan prose - The novel, Augustan prose - Later novels/other trends, Augustan prose - Historians of the novel, Augustan prose - Satire unclassified

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Jonathan Swift: Encyclopedia II - Floating island - In fiction

A "floating island" in fiction (sometimes called a "flying island"), is a fictitious landmass that flies above the surface of the earth (or in some cases through the depths of space), defying gravity. These islands are usually free-floating and can be directed by the whim of their inhabitants, although some may be permanently anchored. They are usually propelled and/or held aloft by one or more of the following means: Helium, hydrogen or some other lighter than air gas. A lodestone or magnet, as seen in Jonathan Swift's ...

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Floating island, Floating island - In fiction

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Jonathan Swift: Encyclopedia II - Yahoo! - History

Yahoo! started out as "Jerry's Guide to the World Wide Web" but eventually received a new moniker with the help of a dictionary. "Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle" is a backronym for "yahoo!", but Filo and Yang insist they selected the name because they liked the word's general definition, as in Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift: "rude, unsophisticated, uncouth." Yahoo! itself first resided on Yang's student workstation, "Akebono," while the software was lodged on Filo's computer, "Konishiki"—both named ...

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Yahoo!, Yahoo! - History, Yahoo! - Controversy, Yahoo! - Important events, Yahoo! - Yahoo! Research Labs, Yahoo! - Yahoo! Next

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Jonathan Swift: Encyclopedia II - H. L. Mencken - Style

Perhaps Mencken's most important contribution to American letters is his satirical style. Mencken, influenced heavily by Mark Twain and Jonathan Swift, believed the lampoon was more powerful than the lament; his hilariously overwrought indictments of nearly every subject (and more than a couple that were unmentionable at the time) are certainly worth reading as examples of fine craftsmanship. The Mencken style influenced many writers; American author Richard Wright described the power of Mencken's technique (his exposure to Mencken wo ...

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H. L. Mencken, H. L. Mencken - Life, H. L. Mencken - Race issues, H. L. Mencken - Style, H. L. Mencken - Works

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Jonathan Swift: Encyclopedia II - Erewhon - Content

The greater part of the book consists of a description of Erewhon. The nature of this nation is clearly intended to be ambiguous. At first glance Erewhon appears to be a utopia, yet it soon becomes clear that this is far from the case. Yet for all the failings of Erewhon it is also clearly not a dystopia (or anti-utopia), an undesirable society such as that depicted by George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four. As a satirical utopia Erewhon has sometimes been compared to Gulliver's Travels (1726) by Jonathan Swift, the image of Utopia in this latter case also bearing strong parallels with the self-view ...

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Erewhon, Erewhon - Content, Erewhon - The Book of Machines, Erewhon - The rest of the book, Erewhon - Reception

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Jonathan Swift: Encyclopedia II - Neoclassicism - Literary neoclassicism

The arts do not always march in step, and "neoclassicism" in English literature is associated with the "Augustan" writers of the early 18th century, all the heirs of John Dryden and Milton. The giant among their inspiring Latin classics was Virgil. Major writers of the period have included Daniel Defoe, Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope. The ensuing period of "Romantic" writers had its origins at the ...

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Neoclassicism, Neoclassicism - Neoclassic in architecture and the visual arts, Neoclassicism - Covert neoclassicism in Modern styles, Neoclassicism - Literary neoclassicism, Neoclassicism - Neoclassicism Part II: Between the Wars, Neoclassicism - Literary Neoclassicism 20th-century style

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Jonathan Swift: Encyclopedia II - Bloody - Etymology

Some say it may be derived from the phrase "by Our Lady", a sacrilegious invocation of the Virgin Mary. The abbreviated form "By'r Lady" is common in Shakespeare's plays around the turn of the 17th century, and interestingly Jonathan Swift about 100 years later writes both "it grows by'r Lady cold" and "it was bloody hot walking to-day" [1] suggesting that a transition from one to the other could have been under way. Others regard this explanation as dubious. Eric Partridge, in Words, Words, Words (Methuen, 1933), describes this as "p ...

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Bloody, Bloody - Etymology, Bloody - Usage outside of the U.K.

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Jonathan Swift: Encyclopedia II - Irish literature - Fiction

Although the epics of Celtic Ireland were written in prose and not verse, most people would probably consider that Irish fiction proper begins in the 18th century with the works of Jonathan Swift (especially Gulliver's Travels) and Oliver Goldsmith (especially The Vicar of Wakefield). A number of Irish novelists emerged during the 19th century, including Maria Edgeworth, John Banim, Gerald Griffin, Charles Kickham, William Carleton, George Moore and Somerville and Ross. Most of these writers came from the Anglo-Irish rul ...

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Irish literature, Irish literature - Poetry, Irish literature - Fiction, Irish literature - Theatre

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Jonathan Swift: Encyclopedia II - Messiah Handel - Composition and premiere

In the summer of 1741 Handel, at the peak of his musical powers but depressed and in debt, began setting Charles Jennens' Biblical libretto to music at his usual breakneck speed. In just 24 days, Messiah was complete. However it was not first performed until 1742, at a charity concert on Fishamble Street in Dublin's Temple Bar district on April 13 after production difficulties and last-minute rearrangements of the score. Jonathan Swift (author of "Gulliver's Travels" and a local clergyman), had put some pressure on the premiere and ha ...

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Messiah Handel, Messiah Handel - Composition and premiere, Messiah Handel - The Hallelujah Chorus, Messiah Handel - Media

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Jonathan Swift: Encyclopedia II - Irish theatre - The Restoration

An early example of this trend is William Congreve, one of the most important writers for the late 18th London stage. Although born in Yorkshire, Congreve grew up in Ireland and studied with Jonathan Swift in Kilkenny and at Trinity College, Dublin. After graduating, Congreve moved to London to study law at the Temple and pursue a literary career. His first play, The Old Bachelor (1693) was sponsored by John Dryden, and he went on to write at least four more plays. The last of these, The Way of the World (1700) is the one Congr ...

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Irish theatre, Irish theatre - Small beginnings, Irish theatre - The Court in Kilkenny, Irish theatre - The Restoration, Irish theatre - The 18th century, Irish theatre - The 19th century, Irish theatre - The Abbey and after, Irish theatre - Mid 20th century, Irish theatre - Recent developments

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Jonathan Swift: Encyclopedia II - Infinite monkey theorem - Literature and popular culture

Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1782) anticipates the central idea of the theorem, depicting a professor of the Grand Academy of Lagado who attempts to create a complete list of all knowledge of science by having his students constantly create random strings of letters by turning cranks on a mechanism (Part three, Chapter five). In "Inflexible Logic" by Russell Maloney, a short story that appeared in The New Yorker in 1940, the protagonist felt that his wealth put him under an obligation to support the sciences, and ...

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Infinite monkey theorem, Infinite monkey theorem - Intuitive proof sketch, Infinite monkey theorem - Formal statements, Infinite monkey theorem - Probabilities, Infinite monkey theorem - Myth about origins, Infinite monkey theorem - Literature and popular culture, Infinite monkey theorem - Infinite monkey experiments

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Jonathan Swift: Encyclopedia II - Raining animals - Raining animals in culture

Probably the most common reference of this phenomenon in culture is the expression raining cats and dogs that describes copious rains. This sentence appeared first in Jonathan Swift’s work A Complete Collection of Polite and Ingenious Conversation, but its origin is unknown. One explanation suggests that the expression is a distortion of the French word catadoupe. Another theory is that the term originated in the Middle Ages, when dead cats and ...

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Raining animals, Raining animals - Scientific explanation, Raining animals - Raining animals in culture, Raining animals - Occurrences, Raining animals - Fish, Raining animals - Frogs and toads, Raining animals - Others, Raining animals - External references, Raining animals - Bibliography

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Jonathan Swift: Encyclopedia II - Richard Blackmore - As a dunce

Blackmore's fame today rests with his enemies. Garth's The Dispensary made him out to be a greedy fool with delusions, but Pope's criticisms would be the most lasting, and Pope hits Blackmore over and over again on his stupidity and delusions of grandeur. The Scriblerus Club (Pope, John Gay, Robert Harley, Henry St. John, Jonathan Swift, and Thomas Parnell) attacked Blackmore in 1717's Three Hours after Marriage. Pope further picked out Blackmore's foolish lines in Peri Bathos (1727) and gives a devastating characterizat ...

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Richard Blackmore, Richard Blackmore - Blackmore the epic poet, Richard Blackmore - Non-epic writing, Richard Blackmore - As a physician, Richard Blackmore - As a dunce, Richard Blackmore - Reference

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