A Letter to the Lord Chancellor Middleton

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"A Letter to the Lord Chancellor Middleton" is one of Jonathan Swift’s satirical Drapier’s Letters, written under the pseudonym M. B. Drapier to oppose English economic impositions on Ireland in the 1720s.

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instanceOf political pamphlet
satirical letter
addressesTo Lord Chancellor Middleton
aim to mobilize Irish public opinion
to resist English economic impositions on Ireland
alsoKnownAs Drapier’s Letter to the Lord Chancellor Middleton
linked to: Drapier's Letters
associatedWorkSeries Drapier’s Letters
linked to: Drapier's Letters
author Jonathan Swift
authorPseudonym M. B. Drapier
countryOfOrigin Ireland
creator Jonathan Swift
form open letter
genre epistolary literature
political satire
satire
hasAuthorRealIdentity Jonathan Swift
hasPseudonymousAuthor true
historicalContext Anglo-Irish relations in the early 18th century
British rule in Ireland
influencedBy contemporary Irish economic crisis
intendedAudience Irish political authorities
Irish public
language English
literaryDevice irony
satirical persona
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement Augustan literature
mainSubject Irish economic grievances
Wood’s Halfpence controversy
opposition to English economic policy in Ireland
medium print
notableFigureDepicted William Wood
partOf Drapier’s Letters
linked to: Drapier's Letters
placeOfPublication Dublin
politicalPosition anti-colonial
pro-Irish autonomy
publicationPeriod 1720s
writtenIn 18th century

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Drapier's Letters hasPart A Letter to the Lord Chancellor Middleton