Title Index
“Affectation of Politeness,” 152 “Allusion to the First Satire of the Second Book of Horace,” 68 “An Epilogue to a Play for the Benefit of the Weavers in Ireland,” 63 “An Excellent New Ballad: or The True English Dean to be hanged for a Rape,” 62 “An Excellent New Song, Being the Intended Speech of a Famous Orator against Peace,” 34,
193 “An Excellent New Song on a Seditious Pamphlet,” 198 “An Excellent New Song upon His Grace Our Good Lord Archbishop of Dublin,” 63
An Answer to a Paper called a Memorial of the Poor Inhabitants, Tradesmen, and Labourers
141
Answer to Several Letters from Unknown Persons
129
Answer to the Craftsman
135
Argument Against Abolishing Christianity
165 “Aye and No: A Tale from Dublin,” 62
On Barbarous Denominations in Ireland
65 “The Beast’s Confession to the Priest,” 80,
81 “A Beautiful Young Nymph Going to Bed,” 28,
82,
183,
235 “Carcass of Humane Nature,” 248 “Cassinus and Peter,” 235 “Causes of the Wretched Conditions of Ireland,” 138
A Character, Panegyric, and Description of the Legion Club
62
A Complete Collection of Genteel and Ingenious Conversation, According to the Most Polite Mode and Method Now Used at Court, and in the Best Companies of England
see
Polite Conversation
“A Description of a City Shower,” 82,
188–189
“The Description of an Irish Feast,” 63,
69,
147 “Description of the Morning,” 40 “A Description of the Morning,” 188
A Dialogue between Captain Tom and Sir Henry Dutton Colt
156
A Dialogue in [the] Hibernian Style between A and B
65 “Directions for a Birth-day Song,” 120,
154
Directions to Servants in General
120,
196
A Discourse Concerning the Mechanical Operation of the Spirit
147,
212–213
A Discourse of the Contests and Dissentions between the Nobles and Commons of Athens and Rome
19–20,
33,
37,
42,
202–203
A Discourse to Prove the Antiquity of the English Tongue
64
The Drapier’s Letters: overview 24–25,
136–137
Gulliver’s
Travels compared 67 reward for naming the author 25,
57,
137
The Drapier’s Letters no. 1 56,
136
The Drapier’s Letters no. 2 136
The Drapier’s Letters no. 3 56,
136
The Drapier’s Letters no. 4 24,
57–58,
67,
137
The Drapier’s Letters no. 7 129–130,
136,
137 “Dr. Swift’s Answer to Doctor Sheridan,” 178–180
An Enquiry into the Behaviour of the Queen’s Last Ministry
158
An Examination of Certain Abuses, Corruptions, and Enormities, in the City of Dublin
61,
152
A Famous Prediction of Merlin
33
Fraud Detected: or, The Hibernian Patriot
25,
59 “The Grand Question Debated,” 197
Gulliver’s Travels: overview 216,
225–226
autobiographical bits: comedic sense in 67,
109 government propagandist 35 Gulliver, similarities 234,
236 as mirror of personality 15 children’s understanding of 229 comparative reading strategy 222–226
criticism: deconstruction of 183 perfectibility debate 233,
245 on satirical allusions 26 cultural context of 218–222
The Drapier’s Letters compared 67 fact, fiction relationship 216,
222 influences in writing of 80–81
interpretation in, of Gulliver 226–229
on language: abuse of 150,
155–156
invented language in 66–67,
149 linguistic simplicity model in 147,
148 universal language scheme 149 misanthropy as foundation of 2–3
the mother portrayed in 90–91,
100–101
perspective and proportion in 229–232
publication of: criticism at time of 217–218
literary context of 218–222
travel writing compared 222–224
Gulliver’s Travels, Book III: vs. Book IV 231 Swift’s fear of old age in 234 Wood’s Halfpence project in 67
Gulliver’s Travels, Book IV: vs. Book III 231 learning as component of 224
Hints towards an Essay on Conversation
119–120,
122,
148
History of the Last Four Years of the Queen
35,
37,
45 “A Hue and Cry after Dismal,” 34
The Importance of the Guardian Considered
35,
40,
44 Irish edition, political significance 69–70
Journal to Stella: described 22 invented language in 65–66,
97,
149 Swift revealed in 50,
97,
98–99
“The Lady’s Dressing Room,” 28,
235 “Lamentation and Complaint against the Dean,” 184 “The Last Speech and Dying Words of Ebenezer Elliston,” 61
A Letter Concerning the Sacramental Test
33,
54
A Letter from a Lady in Town to her Friend in the Country, Concerning the Bank
135
A Letter from My Lord Wharton to the Lord Bishop of St. Asaph
35
A Letter from the Pretender to a Whig-Lord
34
A Letter of Thanks from My Lord Wharton To the Lord Bishop of St. Asaph, In the Name of the Kit-Cat-Club
156–157
A Letter to a Young Gentleman, Lately enter’d into Holy Orders
122,
147,
174 “Mary the Cook-Maid’s Letter to Dr. Sheridan,” 180
The Mechanical Operation of the Spirit
20 “Memoirs, Relating to That Change Which Happened in the Queen’s Ministry in the Year 1710,” 38
A Modest Defence of Punning
64,
156
A Modest Proposal: overview 27 background/basis for 59,
129 constructive element in 116 cultural context in understanding 5–7
as literary (and occasional) work 60–61
outdated positions of Swift in 140–141
Mr C-n’s Discourse of Free-Thinking, Put into plain English, by way of Abstract, for the Use of the Poor
173 “Mrs Harris’s Petition,” 180,
184
A New Journey to Paris
34 “On Mutual Subjection,” 164 “On the Day of Judgement,” 183 “On the Irish Bishops,” 61 “On the Poor Man’s Contentment,” 164 “On the Trinity,” 166–168
“A Pastoral Dialogue between Richmond Lodge and Marble Hill,” 183 “The Place of the Damned,” 183,
186
On Poetry: A Rhapsody
121 Pope, letter to (1722) 25,
26
Predictions for the Year 1708
214
The Presbyterians Plea of Merit, In Order to take off the Test, Impartially Examined
171 “The Progress of Beauty,” 183
Project for the Advancement of Religion
173
A Project for the Advancement of Religion and the Reformation of Manners
33
A Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the British Tongue
153,
154
Proposal for Correcting the English Tongue
66,
122,
125
A Proposal for the Universal Use of Irish Manufacture
24,
54–56,
130,
133–134
Proposal that all the Ladies and Women of Ireland should appear constantly in Irish Manufacture
130
The Publick Spirit of the Whigs
23,
35,
44 “A Receipt to Restore Stella’s Youth,” 197 “The Revolution at Market Hill,” 157
The Sentiments of Church-of-England Man
34,
166 “A Serious Poem upon William Wood,” 192,
199
A Short View of the State of Ireland
27,
59,
138–139
Some Advice to the October Club
34
Some Arguments against Enlarging the Power of the Bishops
129
Some Reasons to Prove that no Person is Obliged by His Principles as a Whig to Oppose Her Majesty or Her Present Ministry
34
Some Remarks upon a Pamphlet, Entitled a Letter to the Seven Lords of the Committee Appointed to Examine Gregg
34
Some Remarks upon the Barrier Treaty
34 “Stella’s Birth-Day 1721,” 97–98,
104
The Story of the Injured Lady
20,
53,
54,
252
Swearer’s Bank, Or Parliamentary Security for a New Bank
134
A Tale of a Tub: “Apology”: ambiguity in 206,
213 criticized for impropriety 146 authority vs. subversion in 208 in “The Author Upon Himself,” 23 career aspirations and 35,
206 “A Digression on Madness,” 171–172,
212–214
influences in writing of 79,
80,
81 on interpretation 211–212
as mirror of personality 20 religious allegory 208–211,
213 satire in: on abuses in learning 207–208,
211 on abuses in religion 207 religious fanaticism as target 171–172
“Thoughts on Religion,” 39,
167 “To Charles Ford Esq. On his Birth-day,” 51–52
“Toland’s Invitation to Dismal, to Dine with the Calves-Head Club,” 34 “Trifles”: “Dr. Swift’s Answer to Doctor Sheridan,” 178–180
“Left-Handed Letter to Dr. Sheridan,” 180 “Mary the Cook-Maid’s Letter to Dr. Sheridan,” 180 “Upon Sleeping in Church,” 174 “Upon the Horrid Plot,” 192–193,
200
Upon the Horrid Plot Discovered by Harlequin the Bishop of Rochester’s French Dog
156 “Verses Made for the Women Who Cry Apples,” 62
Verses on the Death of Dr. Swift: as ambition of legacy 59 Hanoverian allegiance of Swift 152 negatives converted to positives in 177,
178 parodic techniques in 118 St. Patrick’s Hospital in 164 the writer separate from his work in 28–29
“Verses wrote in a Lady’s Ivory Table-Book,” 156 “The Virtues of Sid Hamet the Magician’s Rod,” 33,
194–195
The Wonderful Wonder of Wonders
134
The Wonder of All the Wonders
134 “The Yahoo’s Overthrow,” 63,
195