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A 10 page paper which examines how Jonathan Swift was a writer
who reflected his time period in relationship to the Age of Satire. Bibliography lists 4
sources.
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midst of the Age of Reason and the Age of Enlightenment, despite the fact that it also goes hand-in-hand with these periods. As would perhaps be readily assumed, one of
the most notorious figures in the literary world during the Age of Satire was Jonathan Swift. While most people are familiar with his classic work "Gullivers Travels" Swift also wrote
poetry which offered the reader a look at his use of satire. With these pieces of information at hand the following paper examines the Age of Satire and then individually
examines three of Swifts poems as they present us with an image of satire. The poems explicated are "A Description of a City Shower," "A Description of the Morning," and
"A Satirical Elegy on the Death of a Late Famous General." Age of Satire In the period of time referred to as the Neoclassical Period 1660 -1780 literature
was often termed regarding the Enlightenment. "The term Enlightenment suggests that it was a time when people were enlightened by reason and a passion for discovering order in the world
around them. Sometimes the period is also called The Age of Philosophy or The Age or Reason" (Neoclassical: Survey of World Lit2). It becomes clear, whatever the title given this
period in time, that logic, reason, and perhaps personal enlightenment regarding society as it involved reason and logic were the most important focuses. "Emotions were downplayed, and mans intellectual side
was emphasized. In brief, the Neoclassical Age was characterized" many different qualities (Neoclassical: Survey of World Lit2). As mentioned, one set of qualities involved reason and logic. Another involved Order
for "Reason and logic implies order or pattern, and the Neoclassicals tried to organize society and their own lives in a highly ordered way" (Neoclassical: Survey of World Lit2). It
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