What does /lit/ think of Jonathan Swift?

>>9193464
He a chubby fucko

a satirical god

>>9193473
You say that but I never seen any of his work that wasn't stupidly obvious and heavy handed.

He was basically like the John Oliver of the 18th century

Master of Satire - never been equaled. Razor-like wit, keen sense of the ludicrousness of existence, incredibly bitter - but able to temper his scorn with comedy. I've read Gulliver, Battle of the Books and A Modest Proposal - all brilliant.

>>9193464
He's got a gross neck,

>>9193524
>>9193473
See this is why my John Oliver analogy works so well. These pseuds don't actually find him funny or great on his own merits they just heard he's meant to be great so they fool themselves into clapping along with the crowd

>>9193472
it's just babyfat

>>9193524
Seconded. Tale of the Tub's good, too. Esp. if you have decent sense of the literary, political history of that time.

>>9193508
>You say that but I never seen any of his work that wasn't stupidly obvious and heavy handed.
Obviously you're not going to see any of 'that' when you don't read a single fucking thing by the guy, which clearly you haven't being a dumb cunt.

>>9193705
I've read A Modest Proposal, and that fact that essay length SNL gag is called great by people here doesn't motivate me to reading any more