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Jonathan Swift (1667–1745)

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Jonathan Swift

Works

• The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift (19 volumes) (transcription incomplete)

Novels

• Gulliver's Travels, (1726)

Essays

• An argument to prove that the abolishing of Christianity in England may, as things now stand, be attended with some inconveniences, and perhaps not produce those many good effects proposed thereby
• Hints Towards an Essay on Conversation
• A Letter of Advice to a Young Poet
• A Modest Proposal, (1729)
• On the Death of Esther Johnson, [Stella]
• Thoughts on various subjects
• A Treatise on Good Manners and Good Breeding

Poems

• Baucis and Philemon
• The Beasts' Confession
• Cadenus and Vanessa
• An Echo
• An Elegy on the supposed Death of Partridge, the Almanack-Maker
• An Epitaph on Partridge
• A Fan
• A Gentle Echo on Woman
• The Logicians Refuted
• A Love Song
• A Maypole
• On a Candle
• On a Cannon
• On a Circle
• On a Corkscrew
• On a Pair of Dice
• On a Pen
• On a Shadow in a Glass
• On Ink
• On Snow
• On the Five Senses
• On the Moon
• On the Vowels
• On Time
• The Puppet Show
• Stella's Birthday, 1718
• Stella's Birthday, 1720
• Stella's Birthday, 1722
• Stella's Birthday, 1724
• Stella's Birthday, March 13, 1726
• To My Mistress
• To Stella
• A Description of the Morning
• A Description of a City Shower

Sermons

• On Mutual Subjection
• On the Testimony of Conscience
• On the Trinity
• On Brotherly Love
• On the Difficulty of Knowing One's Self
• On False Witness
• On the Wisdom of this World (A Sermon upon the Excellence of Christianity in Opposition to Heathen Philosophy)
• On Doing Good
• On the Martyrdom of King Charles I
• On the Poor Man's Contentment
• On the Wretched Condition of Ireland
• On Sleeping in Church

Other Works

• The Accomplishment of the First of Mr. Bickerstaff's Predictions
• The Battle of the Books, (1704)
• The Bickerstaff-Partridge Papers, (1707?)
• A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, (1731)
• Directions to Servants, (1731)
• The First He Wrote
• The Grand Question Debated, (1729)
• The Intelligencer (with Thomas Sheridan), (1710-????)
• The Journal to Stella, (1710-1713)
• The Lady's Dressing Room, (1732)
• Meditations Upon a Broomstick
• On Poetry, a Rhapsody, (1733)
• On the Conduct of the Allies, (1713)
• Predictions for the Year 1708
• A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue, (1712)
• The Second Prayer
• A Tale of a Tub, (1704)
• Verses on His Own Death, (1731)
• Le Sage
• The Devil Upon Two Sticks
• Bon mots de Stella, (1726)
• Drapier's Letters

Collections

• The Battle of the Books and Other Short Pieces (1886)
• Three Sermons and Three Prayers, (1744)

Works about Swift

• “Swift, Jonathan,” in Dictionary of National Biography, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., (1885-1900) in 63 vols.
• “Swift, Jonathan” in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons, 1910.
• “Swift, Jonathan” in Encyclopædia Britannica, (11th ed.), 1911.

Works by this author published before January 1, 1923 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.