century. He was a man whom many
considered a misanthrope
(on-:; who hates humankind) because his writings were deeply
critical of humanity. It was, however, his deep love for humanity
that caused him to criticize it, and his great dream was to cure the
niiments o f his age through humor.
S w ift w a s b o rn in
Dublin, but lie came from an English family.
T h ? v r ite r ’s
father, supervisor at the
court building of Dublin,
d ie d a t th e ag e o f 2 5 ,
leaving his wife and daughter penniless. His
so n w a s b o r n sever,
months after his death, on November 30,
1 667. H e w a s n a m e d
Jonathan after his late father.
■hi boy knew
iittie of his mother’s care: she had to go back to
h e r n a tiv e
town o f Leicester and Jonathan hardly ever saw her
d u r in g iiisTiiii id h o o d .
He
w a s
supported by his uncle Godwin.
^
ih e a g e o f s ix
he was sent
to school and at the age of
io n r;e e n
„ie entered Trinity College in Dublin. He got his Bachelor’s
d eg i
^.; in 1686.
A f te r m a n y
years he once again saw his mother
in
Leicester.
S h e
helped Jonathan to become a private secretary
a n d a c c o im .-k e e p e r
to Sir William Temple. Sir William Temple’s
estate
w a s a t
Moor Park, not far from London. Sir William was a
r e tir e d d ip lo m a t a n d
writer. At Moor
Park Swift made friends
::.r. E .stncr J o h n s o n , th e
daughter o f the housekeeper. Their
П i u id s h ip la s te d all
his life.
I ’ a v i iig
improved his education
at Moor Park by taking
a d v a n ta g e
of
S ir
Temple’s library, Swift went to Oxford and took
H b *vlas>te>:
of Arts degree in 1692. A year and a half he worked
a s a , ic a r a t a c h u rc h
in Ireland and then returned to Moor Park.
He continued
to
live and work there until sir William Temple’s
d e a th in 1699.
3 y 1697
Swift
h a d
written his first satires “The
Battle of
B o o k s ”
and "A Tale of a Tub”. But both o f them were published
’atf-.:, iis 1704. In “A Tale o f a Tub” the author ridiculed the
c-\
..'-avagances
o f
religion, literature, and academia. “The Battle
o f b o o k s* ’
is a mock debate between ancient and modern authors.
Aftei Sir William Temple’s death, Swift became a vicar again
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