The Benefits of Farting Explained + A Modest Proposal
Découvrez deux pamphlets satiriques cultes de Jonathan Swift : The Benefits of Farting Explained brise le tabou de la flatulence avec humour et science, tandis que A Modest Proposal pousse à l’extrême la critique sociale.
The Benefits of Farting Explained by Jonathan Swift was published in pamphlet form in 1722. What is the nature, essence and definition of a fart? What are the consequences and disadvantages of suppressing one? Why is farting considered to be a taboo? Swift's The Benefit of Farting argues eloquently, in a forceful and a posteriori fashion, that most of the distempers thought to affect the fairer sex are due to flatulence not adequately vented. To complete the excursus into this venerable and age-old human activity, Charles James Fox's Essay upon Wind provides a detailed analysis, classification and history of farting, peppered with wit and curious anecdotes about particularly eminent farts of the past.
A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People From Being a Burthen to Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Public, commonly referred to as A Modest Proposal, is a satirical essay written and published anonymously by Jonathan Swift in 1729. Swift suggests that the impoverished Irish might ease their economic troubles by selling their children as food for rich gentlemen and ladies. This satirical hyperbole mocks heartless attitudes towards the poor, as well as Irish policy in general.
Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745) was an Anglo-Irish poet, writer and cleric who gained reputation as a great political writer and an essayist. Jonathan, who became Dean of St. Patrick's in Dublin, is also known for his excellence in satire. His most remembered works include Gulliver's Travels, A modest Proposal, An Argument against Abolishing Christianity and A Tale of a Tub.
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Jonathan Swift (1667–1745) est un écrivain, poète et clerc anglo-irlandais, célèbre pour son esprit satirique et son engagement politique. Devenu doyen de la cathédrale Saint-Patrick de Dublin, il est surtout connu pour Gulliver’s Travels et A Modest Proposal, où il utilise l’ironie et l’absurde pour critiquer la société de son temps. Son style mordant et son sens de la provocation en font l’un des plus grands pamphlétaires de la littérature anglaise. Ses œuvres, toujours actuelles, interrogent le pouvoir, la morale et les inégalités.