Drapier's Letters

E174556

Irish political writing pamphlet series political satire

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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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Drapier's Letters canonical	2
Drapier’s Letters	1
The First Letter to the Shopkeepers, Tradesmen, Farmers, and Common-People of Ireland	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
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 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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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