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1、JonathanSwift(30November1667–19October1745)柯晨唐思雨邢维敏金晶LifeExperienceContribution:Gulliver’sTravelsAModestProposalLeadingEarlylifeJonathanSwiftwasborninDublin,Ireland,ofapoorfamily,secondchildandonlyson.Hisfatherwasdeadbeforehewasborn,sohewascompelledtoacceptaidfromrelativesw
2、hogaveitgrudgingly.EarlylifeThroughthegenerosityofununcle,hewaseducatedatKilkennygrammarschoolandthentrinitycollegeinDublin,receivinghisB.A.in1686andM.A.in1692.Atschoolhewasnotaverygoodstudentandhisteachersnotedhisheadstrongbehavior.Whentheanti-CatholicRevolutionoftheyear16
3、88arousedreactioninIreland,SwiftmovedtoEnglandtothehouseholdofSirWilliamTempleandworkedasaprivatesecretaryofhimuntil1699SirWilliamTemplepassedaway.EarlylifeIn1699,SwiftreturnedtoIrelandinDublinandbecameapriestnearbyDublin,buthehadtooftengotoLondonbecauseofthechurchaffairs,t
4、heninvolvedinthestrugglebetweenWhigsandtheTories.ThoughthighlybytheToriesleaders,heservedaseditorfortheirnewspaperInvestigation.EarlylifeLateryearsSwiftwasverylonely,onlycontactedwithafewfriendsduringhislateryears.Hedonatedonethirdofhissavingsforcharity,anotheronethirdofinc
5、omeforthementallydisabled,bulidingaSaintPatrickhospital.Swiftwastorturedbyillness,however,hestillinsistedonwriting(untildeath),manypeopleeventhoughthehadcompletelycrazy.In1714Toriesrecededintothebackground,hereturnedtoDublin,Ireland,asadeaninStPatrick'schurch,andbegantostud
6、ythecurrentsituationofIreland.ActivelysupportinganddevotingintothestruggleforIrelandindependenceandfreedombutallhisdreamswereshattered.EarlylifeLateryearsOnOctober19,1745,Swiftdiedattheageof78,buriedinStPatrick'sCathedral.JonathanSwiftwasanAnglo-Irishsatirist,essayist,polit
7、icalpamphleteer,poetandpriest.SwiftisprobablytheforemostprosesatiristintheEnglishlanguage,andislesswellknownforhispoetry.ContributionGulliver’sTravelsGulliver’sTravels,four-partsatiricalnovelbyJonathanSwift,publishedanonymouslyin1726asTravelsintoSeveralRemoteNationsoftheWor
8、ld.ThenovelisostensiblythestoryofLemuelGulliver,asurgeonandseacaptainwhovisitsremo
