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Modest Proposal, A

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Modest Proposal, A

Swift’s satire suggesting that children of the poor be used as food for the rich (1729). [Br. Lit.: “A Modest Proposal” in Harvey, 793]

See : Cannibalism

Modest Proposal, A

essay in which Swift advises the Irish to eat their babies or sell them in order to relieve famine and reduce overpopulation. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 677]

See : Irony

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