Jonathan Swift's Satire & Savage Indignation—What does Swift’s epitaph reveal about satire? ANALYSIS

JONATHAN SWIFT'S SATIRE | 18th CENTURY LITERATURE ANALYSIS | JUVENALIAN SATIRE | Jonathan Swift said his satirical purpose was “to vex the world rather than divert it”. In his self-penned epitaph, Jonathan Swift describes his “savage Indignation” at the world’s vice. What does Swift's grave epitaph inscription reveal about his satire? What is the meaning of satire? Is Jonathan Swift an irredeemable misanthrope? The lecture’s analysis considers the satirical examples of Juvenal and Horace, eighteenth century neoclassic understanding of satire, & Swift’s Juvenalian satire.

SATIRE JONATHAN SWIFT / EIGHTEENTH CENTURY SATIRE / HORACE & JUVENAL / LITERATURE ANALYSIS

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EXTRACT
Here is deposited the body
of Jonathan Swift Doctor of Sacred Theology
of this Cathedral Church
the Dean
Where savage Indignation
can no longer
lacerate his heart
Go traveller
and imitate if you can
one who strove with all his might
to vindicate liberty

the chief end I propose to myself in all my labours is to vex the world rather than divert it

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