Drapier's Letters

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Drapier's Letters is a series of politically charged pamphlets by Jonathan Swift, written under the pseudonym "M. B. Drapier" to oppose the imposition of debased coinage in Ireland and assert Irish rights against English authority.

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instanceOf Irish political writing ⓘ
pamphlet series ⓘ
political satire ⓘ
aim to mobilize Irish public opinion ⓘ
to prevent circulation of Wood's halfpence ⓘ
author Jonathan Swift ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Ireland ⓘ
form open letters ⓘ
genre political pamphlet ⓘ
satire ⓘ
governmentReaction offered reward for discovery of the Drapier's identity ⓘ
hasPart A Letter to the Lord Chancellor Middleton ⓘ
Seasonable Advice to the Grand Jury ⓘ
Drapier's Letters self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: The First Letter to the Shopkeepers, Tradesmen, Farmers, and Common-People of Ireland

The Fourth Letter to the Whole People of Ireland ⓘ
The Second Letter to Mr. Harding the Printer ⓘ
The Third Letter to the Nobility and Gentry of the Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
historicalContext early 18th-century Ireland ⓘ
reign of George I ⓘ
influenced Irish nationalist thought ⓘ
later political pamphleteering ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalConsequence prompted government proclamation against the author ⓘ
literaryMovement Augustan literature ⓘ
mainSubject English authority in Ireland ⓘ
Irish rights ⓘ
William Wood's halfpence ⓘ
currency controversy ⓘ
narrativeVoice Irish tradesman ⓘ
notableFor defense of Irish constitutional position within the British Empire ⓘ
use of plain, accessible prose for political argument ⓘ
opposes English economic control over Ireland ⓘ
imposition of debased coinage in Ireland ⓘ
placeOfPublication Dublin ⓘ
pseudonymousCharacterOccupation draper ⓘ
publicationPeriod 1724 ⓘ
1725 ⓘ
relatedWork A Modest Proposal ⓘ
Gulliver's Travels ⓘ
resultedIn withdrawal of Wood's patent for coinage ⓘ
rhetoricalStrategy appeal to Irish patriotism ⓘ
attack on corruption and monopoly ⓘ
setting Kingdom of Ireland ⓘ
supports Irish constitutional rights ⓘ
Irish economic independence ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted 1720s ⓘ
writtenUnderPseudonym M. B. Drapier ⓘ

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Jonathan Swift → notableWork → Drapier's Letters ⓘ
Jonathan Swift → wrote → Drapier's Letters ⓘ
Drapier's Letters → hasPart → Drapier's Letters self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: The First Letter to the Shopkeepers, Tradesmen, Farmers, and Common-People of Ireland
Journal to Stella → associatedWithAuthorWork → Drapier's Letters ⓘ
this entity surface form: Drapier’s Letters