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I was inspired by Hozier's "Eat Your Young" to read the short book by Swift - it's satirical, funny and also deeply disturbing.
Quotes: "I could name a whole country which would be glad to eat up our whole nation without it [salt]" very interesting when put into context the future for growing Irish/British tensions in the 1800s
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One of the most uncomfortable reads I've had in a while
Das ist eine ganz seltsame Lektüre. Ich las es im Englischen Original aus dem Jahre 1729 und hatte stellenweise meine sprachlichen Schwierigkeiten. Aber auch wenn ich ja weiß, dass es eine Satire ist, ist es doch sehr befremdlich mit seinen konkreten Rezept- und Gewürzvorschlägen. Sicherlich ein wichtiges Werk seiner Zeit und wahrscheinlich nicht mal so weit her geholt, dennoch ließ mich das Buch mit einem seltsamen Gefühl und einem Fragezeichen über dem Kopf zurück.
‘A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland From Being a Burden on Their Parents or Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick’ otherwise known as simply 'A Modest Proposal' is anything but modest.
'I shall now therefore humbly propose my own thoughts, which I hope will not be liable to the least objection.
I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricasie, or a ragoust.'
This satire was said to have been written in response to the heartless response to Irish poverty and the policies of the leaders at the time. ‘A Modest Proposal’ goes into extreme detail on how selling infants after the age of one will be beneficial to society which was quite humorous, indeed; however, as a satire it was obviously meant as a mockery and I do believe it hit the mark.
'I shall now therefore humbly propose my own thoughts, which I hope will not be liable to the least objection.
I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed, is, at a year old, a most delicious nourishing and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricasie, or a ragoust.'
This satire was said to have been written in response to the heartless response to Irish poverty and the policies of the leaders at the time. ‘A Modest Proposal’ goes into extreme detail on how selling infants after the age of one will be beneficial to society which was quite humorous, indeed; however, as a satire it was obviously meant as a mockery and I do believe it hit the mark.
A girl in my satire class, for which I read this, actually thought this shit was real, yo! Anyway, she was only mildly offended that Swift suggested selling and eating babies to solve poverty. Jaw drop.