Swift,Jonathan — Swift (swĭft), Jonathan. 1667 1745. Irish born English writer known for his satirical works, including Gulliver s Travels (1726) and A Modest Proposal (1729). * * * … Universalium
Swift, Jonathan — Swift, Jonathan. Es ist der Triumph, wie der Probierstein der wahren Dichterkraft, daß sie aus den verschiedensten Elementen, himmlischer Goldstufen wie irdischer Schlacken, aus Thränen und Windesbrausen nur eine einzige harmonische Landschaft… … Damen Conversations Lexikon
Swift, Jonathan — born Nov. 30, 1667, Dublin, Ire. died Oct. 19, 1745, Dublin Irish author, the foremost prose satirist in English. He was a student at Dublin s Trinity College during the anti Catholic Revolution of 1688 in England. Irish Catholic reaction in… … Universalium
Swift, Jonathan — (1667 1745) An Irish poet, writer, and political satirist who is probably best remembered for his book Gulliver s Travels. The description of the miniature and giant figures in this book, referred to as Lilliputians and Gulliverians, as well… … Dictionary of Hallucinations
Swift, Jonathan — (1667 1745) Born in Dublin his father was a lawyer whose family had gone to Ireland after the Restoration he attended Trinity College and from 1689 to 1699 was secretary to Sir William Temple in Surrey. After Temple s death, Swift was ordained … British and Irish poets
Swift, Jonathan — ► (1667 1745) Escritor británico. Representante típico de la crítica demoledora de su época. Autor de: La batalla de los libros (1704) y de los famosos Viajes de Gulliver (1726), sátira de la Inglaterra de la época y de la sociedad humana, y… … Enciclopedia Universal
Swift, Jonathan — (1667 1745) Satirist, was b. at Dublin of English parents. Dryden was his cousin, and he also claimed kin with Herrick. He was a posthumous child, and was brought up in circumstances of extreme poverty. He was sent to school at Kilkenny, and… … Short biographical dictionary of English literature
SWIFT, JONATHAN — born at Dublin, a posthumous son, of well connected parents; educated at Kilkenny, where he had Congreve for companion, and at Trinity College, Dublin, where he was a somewhat riotous and a by no means studious undergraduate, only receiving… … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
SWIFT, Jonathan — (1667 1745) English ANGLICAN theologian and SOCIAL satirist famous for his novel Gulliver s Travels (1726) … Concise dictionary of Religion
Jonathan Swift — Nacimiento 30 de noviembre de 1667 Dublín Defunci … Wikipedia Español
