A Modest Proposal and Other Satires

A Modest Proposal Plot

What is Swift writing “A Modest Proposal” in response to?

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It is believed that Swift wrote the proposal in response to Daniel Dafoes, The Generous Projector or, A Friendly Proposal to Prevent Murder and Other Enormous Abuses, By Erecting an Hospital for Foundlings and Bastard Children. (1728)

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