Significant+Irish+Authors

__**Jonathan Swift (1667-1745):**__ Jonathan Swift was born in Dublin, Ireland. His mother was originally from England and his father from Ireland. It is believed that after the death of his father, Swift's mother went back to England and left him in the care of his father's family. Swift is most widely known for his satirical works on the political ideologies of the English. His most famous works include //Gulliver's Travels, A Modest Proposal, A Tale of a Tub, Draiper's Letters, Battle of the Books, Journal to Stella,// and //An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity.//


 * __Edmund Burke (1729-1797)__**: Edmund Burke was born in Dublin, Ireland. His famous work that distinguished his notoriety was //A Vindication of Natural Society: A View of the Miseries and Evils Arising to Mankind,// a satirical work that mocked the radical political stance of Lord Bolingbroke, an English politician and philosopher.

__**James Joyce (1882-1941):**__ James Joyce was born in Dublin, Ireland. Although he spent much of his adult life outside of the country, his writing was still firmly rooted in his homeland. One of his most controversial works was //Finnegan's Wake//, a book written entirely in idiosyncratic and experimental linguistics. It generally remains unread by most of the population due to its difficulty for the reader. Other famous works include //Ulysses, Dubliners, and A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.//