Names of Craters on Phobos, discovered in 1877. You may recognize some of them? #Swift #TeamEnglish #literature #satire #astronomy #science #telescope #scifi #moon #JonathanSwift #18thcentury #19thcentury #cartography #lunar
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On this day in 1667 Jonathan Swift, poet, satirist and clergyman was born in Dublin. He was an Anglican cleric and became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.
Jonathan Swift died in Dublin on 19 October 1745. He was an Anglo-Irish satirist, poet and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.
Depending upon one's definition, either John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" (1678) or Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" (1726) could be called the first English fantasy novel. They both provide numerous imaginary continents, along with maps for context.
Depending upon one's definition, either John Bunyan's "Pilgrim's Progress" (1678) or Jonathan Swift's "Gulliver's Travels" (1726) could be called the first English fantasy novel, presenting a world with unique geography. Maps have been part of fantasy novels from the beginning.
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Bravo, thanks for the link! A great piece by Jess Keiser on Sterne and Tristram Shandy, and on the more anarchic elements in 18th century literature. Encourages me to re-read Swift and Fielding with open eyes (and, of course, to go back to Sterne).
Composer George Frideric Händel was born #OnThisDay 1685 in Halle.
Famously his "Messiah" was first performed in Dublin.
A post on its performance (where Swift almost scuppered the whole thing)
https://www.irishphilosophy.com/2013/04/13/swift-handels-messiah/
and on its anti-deist roots & the appeal of that in Ireland (anti-Toland) https://www.irishphilosophy.com/2018/04/13/words-messiah/
Irish PhilosophyA connection to Swift: Handel’s MessiahHandels Messiah was first performed in Dublin on 13th April, 1742. The video above shows the Messiah being performed as close to the original spot as possible in 2012, 270 years later (and the 21st…
Jonathan #Swift was born #OTD 1667 in the parish of St Werburgh's in Dublin.
#dib : https://dib.ie/biography/swift-jonathan-a8415
The quotable Swift – is that his only relevance today?
www.dib.ieSwift, Jonathan | Dictionary of Irish Biography
On this day in 1667 Jonathan Swift, poet, satirist and clergyman was born in Dublin. He was an Anglican cleric and became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.
Jonathan Swift died #OTD 1745 in Dublin.
https://www.dib.ie/biography/swift-jonathan-a8415
"He gave the little wealth he had
To build a house for fools and mad,
And showed by one satiric touch
No nation needed it so much."
www.dib.ieSwift, Jonathan | Dictionary of Irish Biography
Jonathan Swift died in Dublin on 19 October 1745. He was an Anglo-Irish satirist, poet and Anglican cleric who became Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.
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Ah, the Swifts! Apple. Taylor.
No posts at all about Jonathan Swift the satirical author?
Nothing at all about Gerard Unger's beautiful and versatile typeface?
Well, we can change that.
#GerardUnger #Swift #fonts #typography #JonathanSwift
https://www.fonts.com/font/linotype/swift/story
As a contribution to the work of an NGO I supported, I once did the digital typesetting and layout of an entire book for them. In Unger's Swift.
Fonts.comSwift® Font Family Typeface Story | Fonts.comThe Swift font family was designed by Gerard Unger and released by the German firm Dr.-Ing Rudolf Hell GmbH in 1987 after a three year design period. The l
Secondly, The poorer tenants will have something valuable of their own, which by law may be made liable to a distress, and help to pay their landlord’s rent, their corn and cattle being already seized, and money a thing unknown. - A Modest Proposal
Channel 4’s shocking Gregg Wallace: The British Miracle Meat owes much to Swift and his gruesome satire
https://theconversation.com/channel-4s-shocking-gregg-wallace-the-british-miracle-meat-owes-much-to-swift-and-his-gruesome-satire-210599
#GreggWallace
#JonathanSwift
The ConversationChannel 4’s shocking Gregg Wallace: The British Miracle Meat owes much to Swift and his gruesome satireChannel 4’s stealthy documentary on engineering human meat from the poor parallels Swift’s suggestion that people should eat the children of Ireland’s most destitute.
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@chartier Sounds like a very “modest proposal” to me. #JonathanSwift
May you live every day of your life.
-- Jonathan Swift
#Photography #Panorama #TheMaze #Dollhouse #Canyonlands #Utah
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CW British colonialism /forced starvation
2. Put a content warning on any post that is tangentially related to the Irish Potato Famine.
