A Modest Proposal
satirical essay by Jonathan Swift
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Summary
A Modest Proposal is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,613 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Author: Jonathan Swift[3]
- Genre: polemical lampoon[4], essay[5]
- Commons category: A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift[6]
- Language of work or name: English[7]
- Publication date: 1729[8]
- Has edition or translation: A Modest Proposal[9], Q78601867[10], Q78602332[11], Q78611443[12], Q78611972[13]
- Narrative location: Kingdom of Ireland[14]
- Main subject: Kingdom of Ireland[15], social engineering[16], human overpopulation[17], poverty[18]
- Title: A modest proposal[19]
- Subtitle: For preventing the Children of Poor People From being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and For making them Beneficial to the Publick[20]
- Copyright status: public domain[21]
- P14541: 2RomXQ[22]
Why It Matters
A Modest Proposal has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] It is known by 29 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]