A 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 Swift, Jonathan 1667-1745 creator text utu 1997 monographic en 1 online resource : multiple file formats "A Modest Proposal" by Jonathan Swift is a satirical essay written and published in 1729. The work shockingly suggests that Ireland's poor could solve their economic troubles by selling their children as food to the wealthy. Through sustained irony and deadpan humor, Swift uses this outrageous premise to mock hostile attitudes toward the poor and expose the dehumanizing policies of British colonial rule. The essay remains celebrated for its dark wit and biting social commentary. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Modest_Proposal Release date is 1997-10-01 An Anonymous Volunteer and David Widger Original publication data not identified Political satire, English Religious satire, English Ireland -- Politics and government -- 18th century -- Humor PR Original publication data not identified https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1080 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/1080 UtSlPG 260607 20260610133040.0 1080