A Modest Proposal

Summary

A Modest Proposal is a literary work^[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,400 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• A Modest Proposal authored Jonathan Swift^[3].
• A Modest Proposal's image is recorded as A Modest Proposal 1729 Cover.jpg^[4].
• A Modest Proposal's instance of is recorded as literary work^[5].
• A Modest Proposal's genre is recorded as polemical lampoon^[6].
• A Modest Proposal's genre is recorded as essay^[7].
• A Modest Proposal's Commons category is recorded as A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift^[8].
• A Modest Proposal's language of work or name is recorded as English^[9].
• A Modest Proposal's publication date is recorded as +1729-00-00T00:00:00Z^[10].
• A Modest Proposal's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0hv5^[11].
• A Modest Proposal's has edition or translation is recorded as A Modest Proposal^[12].
• A Modest Proposal's has edition or translation is recorded as Q78601867^[13].
• A Modest Proposal's has edition or translation is recorded as Q78602332^[14].
• A Modest Proposal's has edition or translation is recorded as Q78611443^[15].
• A Modest Proposal's has edition or translation is recorded as Q78611972^[16].
• A Modest Proposal's narrative location is recorded as Kingdom of Ireland^[17].
• A Modest Proposal's main subject is recorded as Kingdom of Ireland^[18].
• A Modest Proposal's main subject is recorded as social engineering^[19].
• A Modest Proposal's main subject is recorded as human overpopulation^[20].
• A Modest Proposal's main subject is recorded as poverty^[21].
• A Modest Proposal's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/A-Modest-Proposal^[22].
• A Modest Proposal's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'A modest proposal'}^[23].
• A Modest Proposal's BBC Things ID is recorded as 30fd234e-adbb-4e13-84f6-880759bf39d1^[24].
• A Modest Proposal's subtitle is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'For preventing the Children of Poor People From being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and For making them Beneficial to the Publick'}^[25].
• A Modest Proposal's Project Gutenberg ebook ID is recorded as 1080^[26].
• A Modest Proposal's Quora topic ID is recorded as A-Modest-Proposal-essay^[27].

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Works and Contributions

A Modest Proposal authored Jonathan Swift^[3].

Why It Matters

A Modest Proposal ranks in the top 1% of literary_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,400 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]