Definitions for "Modest Proposal"
a classic satirical work in which Swift outlines a plan to sell the children of the Irish poor as food for the rich
a grimly ironic letter of advice in which a public-spirited citizen suggests that economic conditions could be alleviated if the children of poor parents were used as delicacies for gentlemen's dinner tables
a satirical essay about a unique solution to Irish overpopulation
a masterfully crafted piece of rhetoric, which demonstrates both in style and language the absurdity of allowing theory to overrule what is humane
a typical treatise with the most barbed sting of any piece of prose in English
a reminder of these roots
a skillful argument that moves from fact to ridicule
a bit more complicated than we tend to remember today, but let's not get into that now