Works

Swift was famous for his satires. The most recent collection of his prose works (Herbert Davis, ed. Basil Blackwell, 1965-) comprises fourteen volumes. A recent edition of his complete poetry (Pat Rodges, ed. Penguin, 1983) is 953 pages long. One edition of his correspondence (David Woolley, ed. P. Lang, 1999) fills three volumes.

Legacy

John Ruskin named him as one of the three people in history who were the most influential for him.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Thackeray 1876
  2. ↑ Merriman, C.D. "Jonathan Swift - Biography and Works". The Literature Network. Retrieved 2010-02-23.
  3. ↑ "John Ruskin: Sesame and Lillies". Archived from the original on 2009-02-24. Retrieved 2017-10-26.

Other websites

source: http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Swift